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fishfly

The English word “fishfly” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

From fish + fly.

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