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(zoology) Any 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.
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Sericostomatid means (zoology) Any caddisfly of the family Sericostomatidae..
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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.
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