Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A larva of a chalcid wasp, Tetramesa grandis, of western North America, that infests wheat and reduces yield.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of a trichopterous neuropterous insect; a caddisworm: so called from the bits of straw of which it builds its case. See cut under
caddis-worm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A caddice worm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
grub of thecaddis fly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
- noun larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
Etymologies
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straw + worm?
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