caddis
/ˈkædɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "However, even during times when the river is clear, [brown drakes'] presence is overshadowed by the overwhelming waves of caddis that are on the water and emerging at the same time."
- "Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes:"