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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An adult or imago of one of the neuropterous insects of the suborder Trichoptera, and especially of the family Phryganeidæ.

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

  • noun same as caddice fly.

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  • noun any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams

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  • noun small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae
  • noun small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae

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  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

    noun

    Date: 1787

    : any of an order (Trichoptera) of insects with four membranous usually hairy wings, vestigial mouthparts, slender many-jointed antennae, and aquatic larvae

    Caddis fly larvae are among the fanciful creatures that the central figure Tom encounters in the under water world in Charles Kingsley's novel Water Babies, 1937

    January 28, 2008