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crayfish

2 syllables · also crayfishes

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As a noun, crayfish means any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. As a verb, it means catch crayfish.

Meanings of crayfish

10 meanings

noun

Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
New EnglandmichiganwisconsinminnesotaA freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
aunzSouth AfricaA rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
auA freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
SingaporeThe species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and Californiafood
Similar: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster
Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled brieflyfood
Similar: crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobsteranimal
Similar: crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobstersanimal
Similar: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, sea crawfish