sericostomatid

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noun

Any caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae.

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Meanings

nounsericostomatid (plural sericostomatids)

plural sericostomatids

  1. biologyAny caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae.

    These can resemble the cases of Odontoceridae, but the latter has the posterior end partially closed by a single large sand grain, whereas those of sericostomatids have a membrane with a central round hole.

    2011, Peter C. Barnard, The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects
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