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Definition of Caddis
1. n. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
Definition of Caddis
1. Noun. The larva of a caddice fly that generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris. ¹
2. Noun. A rough woolen cloth; caddice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caddis
1. a coarse woolen fabric [n -DISES] : CADDISED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caddis
Literary usage of Caddis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"Almost everyone who likes to watch curious living creatures knows the caddis
worms—the strange little larvae which construct cases of bits of leaves, twigs, ..."
2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"caddis-WORMS OF STONY BROOK. BY CORA H. CLARKE, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. ... S.
t1 have found that with most species of caddis. worms the case of the pupa or ..."
3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"I have seen caddis-flies swim vigorously. References—Aquatic Insects ... A spiral
ribbon caddis-worm case. The inmate of this case is a rapid swimmer. ..."
4. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1891)
"I have used the term " Tie " marine caddis-fly, because at present we are without
evidence that more than one species of marine habits exists in New Zealand ..."
5. The Intellectual Observer (1864)
"THE caddis-WORM AND ITS HOUSES. BY ELIZABETH MAEY SMEE. ... The bodies of these
so-called caddis-worms are, with the exception of their head, very soft; ..."
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