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dobsonfly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dob-son-fly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly.

Inflected Forms

dobsonflies (plural)

Derived Forms

dobson

Frequently Paired Words

hellgramite

Synonyms

dobson dobson fly corydalus cornutus

Questions

What does dobsonfly mean?
Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
Where does dobsonfly come from?
Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly.

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