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UK
/kɹˈeɪfɪʃ/
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[ US /ˈkɹeɪfɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹeɪfɪʃ/ ]
NOUN
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
How To Use crayfish In A Sentence
- 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. Not Your Typical Greek Salad
- Details: Ninety-eight percent of the forage in the New River is crayfish, and Green Pumpkin best matches their molted color. Favorite Lures of the Smallmouth Guides
- Rather than stones, organic objects like birds wings, bones, crayfish and seeds, are suspended several inches above a mud pathway.
- Small European crayfish and larger signal crays form a large part of a carp's diet.
- Land crabs, river crayfish, opossum, agouti, and fish are caught where available.
- Tadpoles and froglets can be preyed on by other frogs, crayfish, fish, turtles, and dragonfly larvae.
- Urine-borne chemical cues influence the progression and outcome of agonistic encounters in lobsters and crayfish.
- Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for.
- In the crayfish leg extensor preparation, the number of quanta released per action potential (quantal content) was approximately 15, at low frequencies of stimulation.