dobsonflies

Variant of dobsonfly

dobsonfly definition

☆ dob·son·fly (-flī′)

noun pl. dobsonflies -·flies′

any of a family (Corydalidae) of large neuropteran insects whose larvae live in water: the male, in some species, develops enormous mandibles

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