dobson Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait
    hellgrammiate.
  2. noun large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
    Corydalus cornutus; dobson fly; dobsonfly.

WordNet

Dob"son noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Webster 1913