crayfish

crayfish is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, 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. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, 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.
2. noun. See Crawfish.
3. noun. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

   Synonyms: crawfish, langouste

4. noun. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

   Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish

5. noun. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

   Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse

6. noun. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

   Synonyms: langouste

Synonyms

crawfish, langouste, crawdad, crawdaddy, ecrevisse

Common word forms

crayfishes, crayfishing

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