crayfish

英 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

美 [ˈkreɪfɪʃ]

n.  淡水螯虾; 海水大龙虾

复数：crayfishes　

BNC.33846 / COCA.23008

牛津词典

noun

• 淡水螯虾；海水大龙虾
  an animal like a small lobster , that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large lobster , that lives in the sea and can be eaten

柯林斯词典

• 淡水螯虾
  Acrayfishis a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.

英英释义

noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobstercrawfishsea crawfish
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadcrawdaddy
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonym:crawfishcrawdadecrevisse
• warm-water lobsters without claws
  Synonym:spiny lobsterlangousterock lobster

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