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1. (n.) crayfish
(not in technical use) the spiny lobster.
Etymology: (1350–1400; alter. (by folk etym.) of ME crevis < MF crevice < OHG krebizcrab1)
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1. (noun) spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish
warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
2. (noun) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
3. (noun) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
4. (noun) spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
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1. (noun) crayfish
any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis
2. (noun) crayfish
see Crawfish
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Sense: a type of edible shellfish.
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 Afrikaans: kreef |
 Arabic: جَراد بَحْر |
 Bulgarian: вид рак |
 Brazilian: lagostim |
 Czech: rak |
 German: der Krebs |
 Danish: krebs |
 Greek: καραβίδα |
 Spanish: cangrejo de río; cigala ( |
 Estonian: jõevähk |
 Farsi: لابستر تیغی |
 Finnish: jokirapu |
 French: écrevisse |
 Hebrew: סַרטָן נְהָרוֹת |
 Hindi: झींगा मछली |
 Croatian: rak (slatkovodni) |
 Hungarian: folyami rák |
 Indonesian: udang karang |
 Icelandic: vatnakrabbi |
 Italian: gambero di acqua dolce; a |
 Japanese: ざりがに |
 Korean: 가재(류) |
 Lithuanian: vėžys |
 Latvian: (upes) vēzis |
 Malay: udang krai |
 Dutch: rivierkreeft |
 Norwegian: kreps |
 Polish: langusta |
 Persian: لابستر تیغی |
 Pashto: یو ډول چنګاښ |
 Portuguese: lagostim |
 Romanian: rac (de râu) |
 Russian: речной рак |
 Slovak: rak |
 Slovenian: (sladkovodni) rak |
 Serbian: rečni rak |
 Swedish: kräfta, langust |
 Thai: กุ้งชนิดหนึ่งคล้ายกุ้งก้า |
 Turkish: kerevit, tatlı su istakoz |
 Taiwanese: 小龍蝦，螯蝦 |
 Ukrainian: річний рак |
 Urdu: جهينگا مچهلى |
 Vietnamese: tôm |
 Chinese: 小龙虾 |
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