English Explanatory Dictionary

fishfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mayfly.
  2. Any insect in the corydalid subfamily Chauliodinae. Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily Corydalinae) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.

Word forms

fishfly fishflies

Etymology

From fish + fly.

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