caddisworm

cad·dis·worm

[kad-is-wurm]
noun
the aquatic larva of a caddisfly, having an armored head and a pair of abdominal hooks, and typically living in a case built from sand or plant debris.
Also called caddis, caddice, strawworm.


Origin:
1615–25; caddis (perhaps plural, taken as singular, of caddy, diminutive of cad larva, ghost) + worm

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To caddisworm
WordNet
caddisworm

noun
larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris 
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
00:10
Caddisworm is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT