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cod-bait
cod-bait 1. = cad-bait (see cad4): generally identified with the caddis-worm, though sometimes said to be distinct. [It is possible that this belongs etymologically to cod n.1, the larva being in a case.]1626 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. (1640) 286 Codbates and Strawbates which lye under water [convert] in... Oxford English Dictionary
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cod-worm
† cod-worm Obs. [f. cod n.1 + worm.] A caddis-worm; = cod-bait.1496 Bk. St. Albans, Fishing 25 Take the grete redde worme and the codworme togyder. 1653 Walton Angler 91 The May flie, which is bred of the Cod-worm or Caddis. Oxford English Dictionary
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case-worm
ˈcase-worm [f. case n.2 + worm n.] A caddis-worm; see caddis2. Hence, case-worm fly = caddis-fly, phryganea.1606 S. Gardiner Angling 95 The case-worme, the dewe-worme, the gentile. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §11 (1689) 40 Cod-bait, Cadis-worm, Cad-bait or Case-worm, are all one and the sam... Oxford English Dictionary
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cad
▪ I. † cad1 Obs. [Deriv. uncertain: the dates are against its identification with next word, which the sense alone might permit.] A familiar spirit.1657 Bp. H. King Poems iii. (1843) 87 Rebellion wants no Cad nor Elfe But is a perfect witchcraft of it self. 1658 Osborn Adv. Son (1673) 34 Love..canno... Oxford English Dictionary
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ephemeron
ephemeron (ɪˈfɛmərən) Pl. 7–9 ephemera, 9 ephemerons. [a. Gr. (ζῷον) ἐϕήµερον (Aristotle H.A. i. v.), neut. of ἐϕήµερος: see ephemera2.] 1. An insect, which, in its winged state, lives but for a day. Cf. ephemera2.1626 Bacon Sylva (1677) §697 There are certain Flies that are called Ephemera that liv... Oxford English Dictionary
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cod
▪ I. cod, n.1 (kɒd) Forms: 1–6 codd, 4–7 codde, (6 cood), 4– cod. [OE. cod(d:—OTeut. type *kuddo-z: cf. early mod.Du. kodde, ‘coleus, testiculus’ (Kilian), OTeut. type *kuddon-, the source of the closely related cod n.2] † 1. A bag, scrip. Obs. (In 18th c. in slang use: a purse; see quots.)c 1000 Ag... Oxford English Dictionary
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