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crayfish definition

cray·fish (krā′fis̸h′)

noun pl. crayfish -·fish′, crayfishes -·fish′es

  1. ☆ any of various families of small, usually freshwater decapods somewhat resembling little lobsters
  2. spiny lobster
  3. the flesh of a crayfish used as food, esp. in Cajun and Creole cooking

Etymology: altered, by assoc. with fish < ME crevise < OFr crevice < OHG krebiz: see crab

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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