crayfish
To catch crayfishTo catch crayfish.
» Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.
Krebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere.
Meaning
1 sensesTo catch crayfish.
Examples
6 sentencesCrabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere. — Yorwba
Crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns are all crustaceans.
deKrebse, Hummer, Langusten, Krabben und Garnelen sind Krebstiere. — Yorwba
In fourth grade we dissected crayfish.
deIn der vierten Klasse haben wir Langusten seziert. — Yorwba
They turned over rocks to look for crayfish.
deSie drehten auf der Suche nach Flusskrebsen Steine um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Crayfish, as they grow, shed their armour.
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
crayfishes, crayfishing, crayfished, crayfished| Base form | crayfish · to crayfish |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crayfishes |
| Present participle | crayfishing |
| Past simple | crayfished |
| Past participle | crayfished |
regular · Lesson
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle