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单词 crayfish
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crayfish

(kreɪfɪʃ)
Word forms: plural crayfish
countable noun
A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.

crayfish in British English

(ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ) or especially US crawfish
nounWord forms: plural -fish or -fishes
1. 
any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling a small lobster
2. 
any of various similar crustaceans, esp the spiny lobster
Word origin
C14: cray, by folk etymology, from Old French crevice crab, from Old High German krebiz + fish

crayfish in American English

(ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural ˈcrayˌfish or ˈcrayˌfishes
1.  US
any of various families of small, usually freshwater decapods somewhat resembling little lobsters
2. 
spiny lobster
3. 
the flesh of a crayfish used as food, esp. in Cajun and Creole cooking
Word origin
altered, by assoc. with fish < ME crevise < OFr crevice < OHG krebiz: see crab1

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Examples of 'crayfish' in a sentence
crayfish

American signal crayfish came second in the list of unwanted invaders.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The vastly bigger American signal crayfish has already blazed the trail.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For dinner I tried a fresh and delicious crab and crayfish salad.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then Per does something that tops the crayfish and the lobsters, the prawn mayonnaise and the smoked salmon.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Word lists with
crayfish

shellfish

In other languages
crayfish

British English: crayfish /ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/ NOUN
A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
  • American English: crayfish
  • Arabic: جَرَادُ البَحْر
  • Brazilian Portuguese: lagostim
  • Chinese: 小龙虾
  • Croatian: slatkovodni rak
  • Czech: rak
  • Danish: krebs
  • Dutch: rivierkreeft
  • European Spanish: cangrejo de río
  • Finnish: äyriäinen
  • French: écrevisse
  • German: Languste
  • Greek: καραβίδα
  • Italian: gambero d’acqua dolce
  • Japanese: ザリガニ
  • Korean: 가재 생선
  • Norwegian: kreps
  • Polish: langusta
  • European Portuguese: lagostim
  • Romanian: crevete
  • Russian: речной рак
  • Latin American Spanish: cangrejo de río
  • Swedish: kräfta
  • Thai: กุ้งชนิดหนึ่งคล้ายกุ้งก้ามกราม
  • Turkish: kerevit
  • Ukrainian: річковий рак
  • Vietnamese: tôm sông

Chinese translation of 'crayfish'

crayfish

(ˈkreɪfɪʃ)
Word forms:pl crayfish

n (c/u)

  1. 淡水螯虾(蝦) (dànshuǐ 'áoxiā) (只, zhī)
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