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单词 crayfish
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cray•fish /ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/USA pronunciation  also crawfish, n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. InvertebratesAlso called craw•dad/ˈkrɔˌdæd/USA pronunciation   craw•dad•dy/ˈkrɔˌdædi/.USA pronunciation   a freshwater shellfish with five pairs of legs, resembling a small lobster.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cray•fish  (krāfish′),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es. 
  1. InvertebratesAlso called crawdad, crawdaddy. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters.
  2. Invertebratesany of several similar marine crustaceans, esp. the spiny lobster.
Also, crawfish. 
  • Old High German krebiz crab1
  • Middle French crevice
  • alteration (by folk etymology, etymological) of Middle English crevis 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
crayfish /ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/, esp US crawfish n ( pl -fish, -fishes)
  1. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling a small lobster
  2. any of various similar crustaceans, esp the spiny lobster
Etymology: 14th Century: cray, by folk etymology, from Old French crevice crab, from Old High German krebiz + fish
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