Crawlfish
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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