Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crayfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crayfish \Cray"fish\ (kr[=a]"f[i^]sh), n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Crawfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[ae]}, 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crayfish
n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught
also in Florida and California [syn: {spiny lobster}, {langouste},
{rock lobster}]
2: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: {crawfish},
{crawdad}, {ecrevisse}]
3: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn: {crawfish}, {crawdad}, {crawdaddy}]
4: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: {spiny
lobster}, {langouste}, {rock lobster}, {crawfish}, {sea
crawfish}]
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