A crayfish.

(a) a freshwater crab; †(b) a crayfish (obsolete rare).

In current use. gen. A freshwater crustacean, Astacus fluviatilis (River or Freshwater Crayfish, crevice d'eau douce), resembling a small…

= crayfish, n.

any of various spiny lobsters or marine crayfish constituting the family Palinuridae, esp. of the genera Palinurus, Panulirus, and Jasus.

A small freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons.

a large freshwater crayfish, Euastacus armatus (family Parastacidae), having large white pincers; the flesh of this crayfish used as food. Cf. yabby…

(a) A small, edible freshwater crayfish found in the eastern part of Australia, esp. one of the genus Charax. (b) A burrowing, prawn-like, littoral…

= crayfish, n. Also attributive.

A large freshwater crayfish, Cherax tenuimanus, which inhabits the sandy beds of rivers and streams in western Australia. Also: the flesh of this…

A crayfish.