crayfish vs crawfish

Definitions

noun

1. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
2. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
3. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
4. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Examples

Because there were still plenty of crayfish in the becks and streams, and they are the first to go if there is pollution.

Hytra Grouper on a bed of salicornia and spinach accompanied with a crayfish sauce scented with pelargonium at Hytra It's daybreak at Athens' Agora, or central market, and the air is buzzing with the cries of fish mongers hawking the day's catch.

Details: Ninety-eight percent of the forage in the New River is crayfish, and Green Pumpkin best matches their molted color.

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Definitions

verb

1. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

noun

1. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
2. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
3. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Examples

The boss crawfished on the Christmas bonus.

We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him

Since 1983, the state crustacean of Louisiana has been the crawfish, aka the crawdad or crayfish.

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