CORYDALIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corydalidae mean? 

• CORYDALIDAE (noun)
  The noun CORYDALIDAE has 1 sense:

1. dobsons

  Familiarity information: CORYDALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORYDALIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dobsons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corydalidae; family Corydalidae

Hypernyms ("Corydalidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Corydalidae"):

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus (type genus of the Corydalidae)

fish-fly; fish fly (similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait)

Holonyms ("Corydalidae" is a member of...):

Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera (in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies)