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CADDISFLY

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cad⋅dis⋅fly

[kad-is-flahy]
–noun, plural -flies.
any of numerous aquatic insects constituting the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of membranous, often hairy wings and superficially resembling moths.
Compare caddisworm.


Origin:
1780–90; see caddisworm, fly 2
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