goerid

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Goeridae

Noun

goerid (plural goerids)

1. (zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Goeridae.
   • 2015, Glenn B Wiggins, Caddisflies: The Underwater Architects:

     All three families arose in the Northern Hemisphere (5.3.2) and, except for a few of the more derived goerids, are confined to that hemisphere.

Anagrams

• Gordie, giroed