marbled crayfish
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Marmorkrebs, from Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).
Noun
[edit]marbled crayfish (countable and uncountable, plural marbled crayfish or marbled crayfishes)
- (uncountable) Procambarus virginalis; an all-female species of crayfish that reproduces without sex.
- (countable) An individual of the species.
Synonyms
[edit]- Marmorkrebs
- Procambarus virginalis
- Procambarus fallax virginalis
- Procambarus fallax forma virginalis
Hypernyms
[edit]- decapod
- crustacean
- crayfish
- Procambarus
- Procambarus fallax (when treated as a subspecies or breed)