crayfish
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or…Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
» Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.
Krebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
Meaning
5 sensesAny of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
(New England, Pennsylvania)A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
Flusskrebs
ракrak, лангу́стlangúst
ракrak
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
(Australia)A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
(Singapore)The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Examples
6 sentencesCrabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are all crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
In fourth grade we dissected crayfish.
deIn der vierten Klasse haben wir Langusten seziert.
They turned over rocks to look for crayfish.
deSie drehten auf der Suche nach Flusskrebsen Steine um.
Crayfish, as they grow, shed their armour.
Translations
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Origin
Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence moderAlteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from Frankish *krebitja (“crayfish”), diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (“crab, cancer”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (“to scratch, crawl”), or from a substrate word folk-etymologically influenced by this root.
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Forms
plural: crayfishes / crayfish| Singular | crayfish |
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| Plural | crayfishes / crayfish |
regular
Synonyms
13 synonyms- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster:crawfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly:crawfishcrawdadecrevisse
- warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobster
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrawfishsea crawfish
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular