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caddisworm

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cad⋅dis⋅worm

  [kad-is-wurm]
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–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 (perh. pl., taken as sing., of caddy, dim. of cad larva, ghost) + worm
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