Crossword clues for caddis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caddice \Cad"dice\, Caddis \Cad"dis\, n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. k["o]der bait.] (Zo["o]l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv[ae] generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm.
Caddis \Cad"dis\, n. [OE. caddas, Scot. caddis lint, caddes a
kind of woolen cloth, cf. Gael. cada, cadadh, a kind of
cloth, cotton, fustian, W. cadas, F. cadis.]
A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. ``Caddises, cambrics,
lawns.''
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"larva of the May-fly," 1650s, of unknown origin, perhaps a diminutive of some sense of cad.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The larva of a caddice fly that generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris. 2 A rough woolen cloth; caddice 3 A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
WordNet
Usage examples of "caddis".
Caddis whineing his niminy note from his piminy nob, when he was asked for his hearty echo of the praises of this jolly good fellow come to waken the neighbourhood, to be a blessing, a blazing hearth, a fall of manna:--and thank the Lord for him, you desertdog!
He threaded a Green Caddis Fly onto his line and fished for two hours, catching a rainbow trout and two small striped bass on barbless hooks.
While the capsules still floated high above the ground, small openings ejected newly revived impregnated queens of the honeybee, the Asian carpenter bee, and the bumblebee, as well as fireflies, caddis flies, nonbiting midges, cockroaches, and lac bugs.
The mayflies weren't out yet, but there were a few caddises winging around.
Caddis was left reflecting, that we have, in the dispensations of Providence, when we have a seat, to submit to castigations from butcherly men unaccountably commissioned to solidify the seat.
In a sense those laboring to save one square inch of wilderness, rescue one caddis fly larva from pollutants, were in the deepest sense public servants.
There's always someone who collects knowledge, not because of a love of the stuff but in the same way that a magpie collects glitter or a caddis fly collects little bits of twigs and rock.
Like a caddis fly, which builds, if I'm not mistaken, a shell out of bits of stone and things, to camouflage itself.
Anna skipped stones, tracked foxes in the sand, and annoyed caddis fly larvae with Ally.