Search Result:crayfish
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋkreˏfIʃ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊkreifiʃ 〕
Overview of noun crayfish
The noun crayfish has 4 senses
- 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)
- crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse -- (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)
- crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy -- (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)
- 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)