Definition of Caddisflies

1. Noun. (plural of caddisfly) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caddisflies

1. caddisfly [n] - See also: caddisfly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caddisflies

cadaverousness
cadavers
caddice
caddice-fly
caddice fly
caddices
caddie
caddied
caddies
caddis
caddis-fly
caddis flies
caddis fly
caddised
caddises
caddisflies (current term)
caddisfly
caddish
caddishly
caddishness
caddishnesses
caddisworm
caddisworms
caddow
caddows
caddr
caddy
caddying
caddyss
caddysses

Literary usage of Caddisflies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"If both mayflies and caddisflies are absent from the watercourse, ... If only mayflies or caddisflies are present, then the watercourse is probably ..."

2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1904)
"This was a favorite locality for collecting mosquitoes and caddisflies, in their different stages, and seemed to be the nearest place to Kaslo where dragon ..."

3. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"I (a) Micro-caddisflies; very small, mothlike, hairy, the fore wings bearing numerous erect clavate hairs; the marginal fringe of the wings longer than ..."

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