dobsonfly

English

A dobsonfly

Etymology

Unknown; possibly Dobson +‎ fly

Noun

dobsonfly (plural dobsonflies)

1. Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.

Translations

insect

• Hungarian: óriásfátyolka
• Navajo: aniłtʼániitsoh

See also

• hellgramite (dobsonfly larva)

Further reading

• dobsonfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia