crayfish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crayfish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crayfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crayfish n warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California Synonym(s): spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly Synonym(s): crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster Synonym(s): crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters Synonym(s): spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crayfish \Cray"fish\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh), n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Crawfish}.