caddice
1 Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- caddiced adjective
Example Sentences
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But the caddice larva does not find it queer.
From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner
Now, Mollie, I see you have picked up a fine big caddice case.
From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner
Bursa: a pouch or sac: a wing pouch in male caddice flies and in connection with a stalked hair pencil.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
If you are fortunate, your caddice will build for itself a little glass house, through whose walls you can look and see what is going on inside.
From The Insect Folk by Morley, Margaret Warner
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