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crawdad
craw·dad C0730000 (krô′dăd′)n. Chiefly Southern & Western US See crayfish. [craw(fish) + dad.]crawdad (ˈkrɔːˌdæd) or crawdaddyn (Animals) a US dialect form of crayfishcray•fish (ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ) also crawfish n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 1. Also called crawdad , crawdaddy. any of various mainly freshwater decapod crustaceans, esp. of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling small lobsters. 2. (not in technical use) the spiny lobster. [1350–1400; alter. (by folk etym.) of Middle English crevis < Middle French crevice < Old High German krebiz crab1] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | crawdad - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled brieflycrawfish, ecrevisse, crayfishOld World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North AmericaAmerican crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North Americashellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) | | 2. | crawdad - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobstercrawdaddy, crawfish, crayfishdecapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thoraxAstacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae - crayfishOld World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North AmericaAmerican crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North America | EncyclopediaSeecrayfishCRAWDAD
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crawdad Related to crawdad: crayfishSynonyms for crawdadnoun tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled brieflySynonyms- crawfish
- ecrevisse
- crayfish
Related Words- Old World crayfish
- ecrevisse
- American crayfish
- shellfish
noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobsterSynonyms- crawdaddy
- crawfish
- crayfish
Related Words- decapod
- decapod crustacean
- Astacidae
- Astacura
- family Astacidae
- Old World crayfish
- ecrevisse
- American crayfish
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