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caddis fly

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caddis fly also caddice fly  
n.  Any of various four-winged insects of the order Trichoptera, found near lakes and streams.

[Perhaps from obsolete cad (influenced by caddis), variant of cod2 (from the tube in which the larva lives).]
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caddis fly

noun
small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae 
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