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Definition of Caddisworm
1. Noun. Larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris.
Group relationships: Order Trichoptera, Trichoptera
Generic synonyms: Caseworm
Definition of Caddisworm
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caddisworm
Literary usage of Caddisworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Native Races of South Africa: A History of the Intrusion of the by George William Stow (1905)
"These Bushmen appear to apply the same word to the caddisworm as to the ...
The N'go, or caddisworm, which is frequently met with at certain seasons in some ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"caddisworm cases. (Drawn by Mis. JH Comstock.) In which to live, and carry them
about on their backs. These cases are made out of a great variety of ..."
3. Southern Africa: A Geography and Natural History of the Country, Colonies by Francis [Patrick] Flemyng (1856)
"They are also reported as venerating the caddisworm. They style it N'go, and in
times of extremity or famine, they pray to it for relief. ..."
4. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"... grub of the dinning fly, which makes a little cylindrical cell, of stalks of
grass, &c., like a caddisworm, and hence is called also ..."
5. Excursions in Southern Africa: Including a History of the Cape Colony, an by Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier (1849)
"... Paris Missionary Society :— " With all that, the Bushmen are so debased, that
they worship an insect of the caterpillar tribe, called the caddisworm. ..."
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