sericostomatid

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sericostomatid (plural sericostomatids)

  1. (zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae.
    • 2011, Peter C. Barnard, The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects:
      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.