crayfish
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- definition tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- definition small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- definition large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters