Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
caddis-worm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A caddice. See
caddice .
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- noun obsolete A
caddice .
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Examples
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After some trouble, I found that they were taking _phryganeae_, _ephemerae_, and _libellulae_ (cadew - flies, may-flies, and dragon-flies), that were just emerged out of their aurelia state.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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