- crayfish cray·fish n
- ['kreɪˌfɪʃ]
gambero (d'acqua dolce)
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crayfish cray·fish n
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cray·fish — /ˈkreıˌfıʃ/ noun, pl crayfish [count] : an animal that looks like a small lobster and lives in rivers and streams … Useful english dictionary
Crayfish — Cray fish (kr[=a] f[i^]sh), n. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Crawfish}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crayfish — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-fish — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crayfish — cray·fish (krā’fĭsh′) also craw·fish (krô’ ) n. pl. crayfish or cray·fish·es also crawfish or craw·fish·es 1) Any of various freshwater crustaceans of the families Astacidae and Cambaridae of the Northern Hemisphere and the family Parastacidae of … Word Histories
crayfish — cray|fish [ˈkreıˌfıʃ] n plural crayfish [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: crevice; influenced by fish] a small animal like a ↑lobster that lives in rivers and streams, or the meat from this animal … Dictionary of contemporary English
crayfish — cray|fish [ kreı,fıʃ ] (plural cray|fish) noun count a creature like a small LOBSTER that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crayfish — cray•fish [[t]ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ[/t]] also crawfish n. pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. for kinds or species) fish•es. 1) ivt Also called crawdad,crawdaddy any of various mainly freshwater decapod crustaceans, esp. of the genera Astacus and Cambarus… … From formal English to slang
crayfish — cray·fish … English syllables
Crayfish — For the marine crustaceans commonly known as crayfish, see spiny lobster. Crayfish Temporal range: Mesozoic–Recent … Wikipedia
Sea crayfish — Sea crawfish Sea craw fish Sea crayfish Sea cray fish (Zo[ o]l.) Any crustacean of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster ({P. vulgaris}), which is much used as an article of food. See {Lobster}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
