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caddises

caddises is the plural of caddis.

Meaning of caddis

Noun (1)

caddis (countable and uncountable, plural caddises)

  1. The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
    • 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.2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a ...

Noun (2)

caddis (countable and uncountable, plural caddises)

  1. A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
  2. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
    • 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:c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about caddises

What is caddises the plural of?
Caddises is the plural of caddis.

Words near caddises in the dictionary

  1. caddis flies
  2. caddis fly
  3. caddis worm
  4. caddis worms
  5. caddised
  6. caddises
  7. caddisflies
  8. caddisfly
  9. caddish
  10. caddishly
  11. caddishness

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