caseworm

caseworm

(ˈkeɪsˌwɜːm)

n

(Animals) another name for a caddisworm

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Noun

1.

caseworm - insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body caddisworm, strawworm - larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose