- spiny crawfish
- noun
: a large Australian crawfish (Astacopsis senatus) with a spiny carapace
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spiny crawfish
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crawfish — Ⅰ. craw·fish (krô’fĭsh′) n. Chiefly Southern & Midland US ▸ Variant of CRAYFISH(Cf. ↑crayfish). intr.v. craw·fished, craw·fish·ing, craw·fish·es Informal ▸ To withdraw from an undertaking. Ⅱ … Word Histories
spiny lobster — noun 1. warm water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California • Syn: ↑langouste, ↑rock lobster, ↑crayfish • Hypernyms: ↑shellfish • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Spiny lobster — Rock lobster redirects here. For the B 52 s song, see Rock Lobster. For other uses, see Rock Lobster (disambiguation). Spiny lobsters Temporal range: 110–0 Ma … Wikipedia
spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers. Also called crayfish, crawfish, sea crayfish, sea crawfish. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
crawfish — I. noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Middle English crevis, kraveys Date: 1624 1. crayfish 1 2. spiny lobster II. intransitive verb Date: 1842 to retreat from a position ; back out < I … New Collegiate Dictionary
crawfish — noun (plural same or crawfishes) 1》 another term for spiny lobster. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a freshwater crayfish. verb US informal retreat from a position. Origin C17: var. of crayfish … English new terms dictionary
crawfish — n. & v. n. (pl. same) a large marine spiny lobster. v.intr. US retreat; back out. Etymology: var. of CRAYFISH … Useful english dictionary
sea crawfish — noun large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters • Syn: ↑spiny lobster, ↑langouste, ↑rock lobster, ↑crawfish, ↑crayfish • Hypernyms: ↑lobster • … Useful english dictionary
cape crawfish — noun or cape crayfish Usage: usually capitalized 1st C Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope : the common spiny lobster (Jasus lalandii) of the coast of southern Africa valued as food and shipped canned or frozen to the U.S. see rock lobster * * * an … Useful english dictionary
