crayfish
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- 2.
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- 3.
(Australia)A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
- 4.
(Singapore)The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To catch crayfish.
- 2.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative spelling of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw).
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Alteration (by folk etymological influence of fish) of Middle English crevis (whence modern dialectal crevis), from Old French crevice ("crayfish"; > Modern French: écrevisse), from *krebitja (crayfish), diminutive of *krebit (crab), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (crab, cancer), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-, *grebʰ- (to scratch, crawl), or from a word folk-etymologically influenced by…