Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of Neuroptera, named from the genus Corydalus. Burmeister, 1839. Also
Corydalida (Leach, 1817) and Corydalides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of insects including the dobsonflies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dobsons
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This is an awesome looking Dobsonfly in the family Corydalidae, but we haven't a clue what species it is.
What's That Bug? 2009
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