HyperDic: fish_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression *fish fly*:
NOUN	animal	fish fly, fish-fly	similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly

English > *fish fly*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing / fishing bait.
Synonym	fish-fly
Member of	Corydalidae, family Corydalidae	dobsons
Broader	neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect	insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins