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Definition of Dobson

1. Noun. Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait.

2. Noun. Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait.

Definition of Dobson

1. n. The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Definition of Dobson

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dobson

1. an aquatic insect larva [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dobson

1. The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobson

dobchicks dobhash dobhashes dobie dobies dobla doblas doblon doblones doblons

dobra dobras dobro dobros dobs dobson (current term) dobson fly dobsonflies dobsonfly dobsons

dobule dobules dobutamine doby docent docents docetaxel docetic docetism docetist

Literary usage of Dobson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"HARTFORD CARPET COMPANY. SAME, Appii., BIGELOW CAR*PET COMPANY. dobson and James dobson, trading as John & James dobson and as ' 'The Falls of ..."

2. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1872)
"The plaintiff and his late partner had no means of giving notice to dobson, who had left Halifax in embarrassed circumstances, and whose place of residence ..."

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