craw·dad

(krô′dăd′)

n. Chiefly Southern & Western US

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crawdad

(ˈkrɔːˌdæd) or

crawdaddy

(Animals) a US dialect form of crayfish

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cray•fish

(ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ)

also crawfish

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.

1. Also called crawdad , crawdaddy. any of various mainly freshwater decapod crustaceans, esp. of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling small lobsters.

2. (not in technical use) the spiny lobster.

[1350–1400; alter. (by folk etym.) of Middle English crevis < Middle French crevice < Old High German krebiz crab¹]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	crawdad - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly crawfish, ecrevisse, crayfish Old World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America American crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North America shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
	2.	crawdad - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax Astacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae - crayfish Old World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America American crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North America

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