A larva of a caddisfly, especially one used as fishing bait; an alternative term for caddis or cadbait.
Dialectal compound from 'cad' (caddis) + 'bote' (possibly from Old English 'bot' meaning remedy or payment, or a simple suffix). This is an archaic or highly regional British term that has largely fallen out of use except in historical texts or specific dialect regions.
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