noun
- Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait.
- synonyms: hellgrammiate
- Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait.
- synonyms: dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
| APA | WordNet. (2010). dobson. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/dobson/definitions/1198946 |
| Chicago | WordNet. 2010. "dobson" http://smartdefine.org/dobson/definitions/1198946 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
| Harvard | WordNet 2010, dobson, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/dobson/definitions/1198946>. |
| MLA | WordNet. "dobson" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/dobson/definitions/1198946> |