caddis
pronunciation
How to pronounce caddis in British English:
UK [ˈkædɪs]
How to pronounce caddis in American English:
US [ˈkædɪs]
Word Origin
- caddis (n.)
- "larva of the May-fly," 1650s, of unknown origin, perhaps a diminutive of some sense of cad.
Example
- 1. An order of insects consisting of caddis flies .
- 2. In my opinion , " the mother " of all mother 's day caddis hatches occurs on the arkansas .
- 3. An insect of the order trichoptera , constituting the caddis flies .
- 4. Instead , it secretes a glue and uses this to stick bits of sand together to form its casing , in the way that a freshwater caddis fly larva does .