fish-fly

A noun referring to an insect similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly, whose larvae are commonly used as fishing bait.

• 🇩🇪Ein kleines, der Schlammfliege ähnelndes Insekt, dessen Larven häufig als Angelköder verwendet werden.

1. Insect C1 formal

   An insect resembling a smaller version of the dobsonfly; its larvae are commonly used as fishing bait.

   • The fish-fly larvae are excellent bait for trout fishing.
   • He caught several fish-flies near the riverbank.
   • The fish-fly is often mistaken for its larger relative, the dobsonfly.

   🇩🇪Fischfliege

• fish-flies plural form
• fish-flies' possessive plural form
• fish-fly's possessive singular form