| dobson |
| dobson | (n) large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait, Syn. Corydalus cornutus, dobsonfly, dobson fly |
| Dobson | n. (Zool.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. [ 1913 Webster ] |