caddice

¹ American  

[kad-is] / ˈkæd ɪs /

noun

1. caddis.

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caddice ² American  

[kad-is] / ˈkæd ɪs /

noun

1. caddisworm.

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Other Word Forms

• caddiced adjective

Example Sentences

Caddice, Caddis, kad′dis, n. the larva of the May-fly and other species of Phryganea, which lives in water in a sheath formed of fragments of wood, stone, shell, leaves, &c., open at both ends—caddis-worms form excellent bait for trout.—n.

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Case′-shot, canister-shot, an artillery projectile for use at close quarters; Case′-worm, the caddice; Cas′ing, the act of the verb Case: an outside covering of any kind, as of boards, plaster, &c.

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For the brook, wherewith he had been familiar from his callow childhood, and wherein he was wont to quest for water newts, and tadpoles, and caddice worms, and other game, this brook, which afforded him very often scanty space to dabble in, and sometimes starved the cresses, was now coming down in a great brown flood, as if the banks never belonged to it.

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Bursa: a pouch or sac: a wing pouch in male caddice flies and in connection with a stalked hair pencil.

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It is the larva of the caddice fly, or case fly.

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