Definition of Caddisworms

1. caddisworm [n] - See also: caddisworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caddisworms

caddied
caddies
caddis
caddis-fly
caddis flies
caddis fly
caddised
caddises
caddisflies
caddisfly
caddish
caddishly
caddishness
caddishnesses
caddisworm
caddisworms (current term)
caddow
caddows
caddr
caddy
caddying
caddyss
caddysses
caddywompus
cade
cade oil
cadeau
cadeaux
cadee
cadees

Literary usage of Caddisworms

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

1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The most familiar larvae are the well known "caddisworms" that construct portable cases (Fig. 1371), FIG. 1371. ..."

2. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"The school boy lies on the brink of a pool, watching the caddisworms haul their lumbering cases about on the bottom, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1904)
"... the night-flying moths could be detected and put to flight by thrashing the underbrush, shrubs and young trees with a stout stick or pole. caddisworms ..."

4. Nature-study: A Manual for Teachers and Students by Frederick Leopold Holtz (1908)
"By lifting up submerged sticks, leaves, and stones we find water-tigers, caddisworms, water-beetles, etc. By dragging the dip-net along the bottom of the ..."

5. Observation Lessons on Plant Life: A Guide to the Teacher. A Two Years by Beverley Ussher, Dorothy Jebb (1903)
"In peering into the mere I found three more kinds of caddisworms. I now can enumerate seven kinds as found about here. Almost as soon as I got through the ..."

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