crayfish

English

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Some crayfish.

Etymology

Alteration (by folk-etymology, influenced by fish) of Middle English crevis from Middle French crevice (Modern French: écrevisse) of Frankish origin, akin to Old High German krebs, krebiz "edible crustacean, crab", Old English crabba "crab". More at crab

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Noun

crayfish (plural crayfishes or crayfish)

1. A freshwater crustacean (Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
2. (South Africa) A rock lobster.

Synonyms

• crawdad
• crawfish
• mudbug
• yabby

Translations

freshwater crustacean resembling lobster

Afrikaans: kreef Armenian: խեցգետին (xec'getin) Bulgarian: речен рак (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 小龍蝦 (cmn), 小龙虾 (cmn) (xiǎo lóngxiā) Czech: rak (cs) m. Danish: krebs (da) c. Dutch: rivierkreeft (nl) m. Esperanto: kankro (eo) Finnish: rapu (fi) French: écrevisse f. (freshwater), langoustine f. (saltwater) German: Panzerkrebs m. Greek: ποταμοκαραβίδα (el) (potamokaravída) f. Hebrew: סרטן הנהרות m. Hungarian: rák (hu)

Ido: kankro Italian: aragosta (it) f., gambero (it) m., gambero di fiume (it) m. Japanese: ザリガニ (ja) (zarigani) Korean: 가재 (ko) (gajae) Latgalian: viezs m. Latin: cancer (la) m. Latvian: vēzis (lv) m. Macedonian: рак (mk) (rak) m. Navajo: chʼoshtsoh biláshgaantsohí Polish: rak (pl) m. Portuguese: lagostim (pt) m. Russian: рак (ru) (rak) m. Spanish: cangrejo (es) m. Swedish: kräfta (sv) c. Turkish: kerevit (tr)

See also

• lobster
• prawn
• shrimp
• yabby