Caddis meaning

kăd'ĭs
A coarse woolen fabric, yarn, or ribbon binding.
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A coarse woolen material; worsted yarn.
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A worsted ribbon.
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The larva of a caddice fly that generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
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A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
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Origin of caddis

Probably from Middle English cadace cotton wool (from Anglo-Norman) (from Old Provençal cadarz) and from French cadis woolen cloth (from Old Provençal)

Sentence Examples

  • Some caddis fly species are tolerant of slight pollution.

  • We particularly needed to gather together this group of experts to be sure than any adult caddis found were indeed Land Caddis.

  • The size, the material used and how its case has been constructed can identify each sub species of cased caddis.

  • caddis larvae build cases that are two ir three times the normal width?

  • caddis flies spend the larval stage of their development in a case on the bed of a stream.

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