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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See caddis.
  • noun See caddis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvæ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.

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  • noun Alternative form of caddis (larva)

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Examples

  • Observations on the structure, adaptations and development of insect larvæ kept in an aquarium, as larva of mosquito, dragon-fly, caddice-fly; spring migration of birds.

    Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

  • He put the potato blight in the foreground; for, with the instinct of the caddice worm, he felt that this was the piece of bulrush by which he could best float his

    The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

  • The caddice-flies are very interesting insects, owing to the habits of the larvæ of building little cases of wood, stones, or shells, in which they pass their development stages under water.

    Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education

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

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • The caddice larvæ are carnivorous; that is, they eat animal food.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

  • You see it did not hurt the caddice larva to take away its house; it immediately went to work to build another.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

  • The caddice larva makes its house of silk and sand and also lines it with a beautiful covering of fine silk.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

  • You see the caddice undergoes a complete metamorphosis.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

  • Now, Mollie, I see you have picked up a fine big caddice case.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

  • Those lines that look as though some one had been ornamenting the bottom of the brook are made by our caddice larvæ.

    The Insect Folk Margaret Warner Morley 1890

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