caddisfly


cad·dis·fly

also caddis fly C5012400 (kăd′ĭs-flī′)n. Any of numerous insects of the order Trichoptera, having long antennae and four wings covered with short hairs, and usually found near lakes and streams. Also called trichopteran.
[Perhaps from obsolete cad (influenced by caddis), variant of cod (from the tube in which the larva lives).]

caddisfly

(ˈkædɪsˌflaɪ) n (Animals) any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)[C17: of unknown origin]

cad•dis•fly

or cad•dice•fly

(ˈkæd ɪsˌflaɪ)

n., pl. -flies. any of numerous aquatic insects constituting the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of membranous, often hairy wings and superficially resembling moths. [1780–90]