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Synonyms for crayfish
ˈkreɪˌfɪʃcray·fish
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spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfishnoun
warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
Synonyms:
crawdad, crawfish, crawdaddy, rock lobster, ecrevisse, spiny lobster, sea crawfish, langoustecrayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevissenoun
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
Synonyms:
crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse, crawdaddy, rock lobster, spiny lobster, langouste, sea crawfishcrayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddynoun
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
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crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse, crawdaddy, rock lobster, spiny lobster, langouste, sea crawfishspiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfishnoun
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Synonyms:
crawdad, crawfish, crawdaddy, rock lobster, ecrevisse, spiny lobster, sea crawfish, langouste
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
crayfishnoun
Synonyms:
CRAWFISH
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#13829 | lobster | |
#22520 | locust | |
#42146 | crawfish | |
#43644 | crayfish | |
#185284 | yabby | |
#213524 | crawdad | |
#245768 | crawdaddy | |
#295421 | mudbug |
How to use crayfish in a sentence?
What we see in slow motion with the marbled crayfish evolution is something that happens during the very early stages of tumour formation, in many ways, the invasive expansion of [the marbled crayfish] is analogous to a cancerous lineage spreading asexually at the expense of its host.
Translations for crayfish
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- kreefAfrikaans
- ракBelarusian
- речен рак, ракBulgarian
- cranc del riuCatalan, Valencian
- rakCzech
- krebsDanish
- KrebsGerman
- ποταμοκαραβίδαGreek
- kankroEsperanto
- cangrejo de río, cangrejoSpanish
- jõevähkEstonian
- rapuFinnish
- écrevisse, langoustineFrench
- japeusaGuaraní
- סרטן הנהרותHebrew
- rákHungarian
- խեցգետինArmenian
- kankroIdo
- gambero di fiume, gambero, aragostaItalian
- 蝲蛄, ザリガニJapanese
- 가재Korean
- cancerLatin
- vēzisLatvian
- kouraMāori
- ракMacedonian
- rivierkreeftDutch
- chʼoshtsoh bíláshgaantsohíNavajo, Navaho
- ashaageshiinhOjibwe, Ojibwa
- rakPolish
- lagostimPortuguese
- apanquraQuechua
- racRomanian
- ракRussian
- rak, ракSerbo-Croatian
- rakSlovak
- rakSlovene
- kräftaSwedish
- kerevitTurkish
- ракUkrainian
- tôm đồngVietnamese
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