Found 3 items, similar to crayfish.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: crayfish
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: crayfish
crayfish
n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught
also in Florida and California [syn:
spiny lobster,
langouste,
rock lobster]
2: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn:
crawfish,
crawdad,
ecrevisse]
3: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn:
crawfish,
crawdad,
crawdaddy]
4: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn:
spiny lobster
,
langouste,
rock lobster,
crawfish,
sea crawfish
]
[also:
crayfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crayfish
Crayfish
\Cray"fish\ (kr[=a]"f[i^]sh), n. (Zo["o]l.)
See
Crawfish.
[1913 Webster]
Crawfish
\Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish
\Cray"fish`\
(kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl.
-fishes or
-fish. [Corrupted
fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr.
OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See
Crab. The ending -fish
arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any decapod crustacean of the family
Astacid[ae] (genera
Cambarus and
Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but
smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed
very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North
American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus
Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is
Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is
Astacus fluviatilis.
Syn: crawdad, crawdaddy.
[1913 Webster]
2. tiny lobsterlike crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
Syn: crawdad, ecrevisse.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace
but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea
crawfish.
[WordNet 1.5]