fishfly
Any insect in the corydalid subfamily .
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Any insect in the corydalid subfamily . Unlike most dobsonflies (subfamily ) they don't have the enlarged mandibles typical (at least in the males) of that subfamily.
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(Canada) A mayfly.
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