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caddis fly
noun
- any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddis worms)
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Example Sentences
Every good disciple of Walton and lover of the “gentle art” knows the value of the Caddis-fly, or Water-moth, as bait.
Like the red-throat it is also susceptible to bait, which in Montana is the "rock-worm," the larva of the caddis fly.
Here is a caddis-fly now, its gauzy wings folded tentwise over its back.
When the Caddis Fly felt like laying eggs, she crawled down the stalk of one of the pond plants and laid them there.
These new treasures proved to be the larvae of the caddis fly in their stone houses.
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