crawfish
noun/ˈkrɔːfɪʃ/
/ˈkrɔːfɪʃ/
(especially North American English) (also crayfish especially in British English)
[countable, uncountable] (plural crawfish, crayfish)
- 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 Originearly 17th cent.: variant of crayfish.
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