crayfish
noun/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/
/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/
(especially British English) (also crawfish especially in North American English)
[countable, uncountable] (plural crayfish, crawfish)
- an animal like a small lobster that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large lobster that lives in the sea and can be eatenTopics Fish and shellfishc2Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French crevice, of Germanic origin and related to German Krebs. In the 16th cent. or earlier the second syllable was altered by association with fish.
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