caddis fly

caddis fly also caddice fly

n.

Any of various four-winged insects of the order Trichoptera, found near lakes and streams.

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[Perhaps from obsolete cad (influenced by caddis), variant of cod (from the tube in which the larva lives).]

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caddis fly

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddis worms)

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

caddis fly - small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae caddice fly, caddice-fly, caddis-fly trichopteran, trichopteron, trichopterous insect - caddis fly

Translations

caddis fly [ˈkædɪsflaɪ] N → frígano m

caddis fly

n → Köcherfliege f, → Frühlingsfliege f