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单词 caddisworm
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caddisworm

[ kad-is-wurm ]
/ ˈkæd ɪsˌwɜrm /

noun

the aquatic larva of a caddisfly, having an armored head and a pair of abdominal hooks, and typically living in a case built from sand or plant debris.
Also called caddis, caddice, strawworm.

Origin of caddisworm

1615–25; caddis (perhaps plural, taken as singular, of caddy, diminutive of cad larva, ghost) + worm

Words nearby caddisworm

caddie car, caddie cart, caddis, caddisfly, caddish, caddisworm, Caddo, Caddoan, caddy, caddy spoon, cade
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Example sentences from the Web for caddisworm

  • Life would be finer if we did not drag that caddisworm's house of the past behind us.

    John M. Synge: A Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes|John Masefield

British Dictionary definitions for caddisworm

caddis worm

caddis


noun

the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etcAlso called: caseworm, strawworm
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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