Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of the caddis-fly.
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Examples
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When the newt first saw him he was devouring a caddis-worm.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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"Oh, please, sir, you said there was another cousin called the caddis-worm."
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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Just as I have seen a caddis-worm emancipating itself from its cage, half in as a worm, half out as a fly.
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"The caddis-worm builds itself different kinds of houses.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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Our caddis-worm has patience, "said the old man, shaking his head and looking at
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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"I found a caddis-worm, with a beautifully built house, in the roots of the Water-Soldier, and I'm going to look along the edge for some shells.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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