crayfish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹeɪˌfɪʃ/

Noun

crayfish (plural crayfishes or crayfish)

1. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
   1. (New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
2. (AU, NZ, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).

Synonyms

• (freshwater crustaceans) crawdad, crawldad, crawfish, crawlfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

Translations

• French: écrevisse (freshwater), langoustine (saltwater)
• German: Krebs
• Italian: aragosta, gambero, gambero di fiume
• Portuguese: lagostim
• Russian: рак
• Spanish: cangrejo de río, cangrejo

Verb

crayfish (crayfishes, present participle crayfishing; past and past participle crayfished)

1. to catch crayfish
2. Alternative form of crawfish#English|crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)

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