Crawlfish

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The crayfish. US, countable, regional, uncountable

    "Crayfish, crawlfish, crawdads, or crabs, as they are locally and variously known, are all more or less cylindrical, and the body and appendages are strongly sclerotized."

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"Crayfish, crawlfish, crawdads, or crabs, as they are locally and variously known, are all more or less cylindrical, and the body and appendages are strongly sclerotized."

Etymology

Variant of crawfish, apparently influenced by crawl.

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