dobsonfly

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dobsonfly

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noun dobsonflies

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

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@misc{dobsonfly_2026,
  title = {dobsonfly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dobsonfly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}