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- [krey-fish]
- /ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈkreɪ.fɪʃ/
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- [krey-fish]
- /ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of crayfish word
- countable noun crayfish A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish. 3
- noun crayfish any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling a small lobster 3
- noun crayfish any of various similar crustaceans, esp the spiny lobster 3
- noun crayfish any of various families of small, usually freshwater decapods somewhat resembling little lobsters 3
- noun crayfish spiny lobster 3
- noun crayfish the flesh of a crayfish used as food, esp. in Cajun and Creole cooking 3
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Origin of crayfish
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; alteration (by folk etymology) of Middle English crevis < Middle French crevice < Old High German krebiz crab1
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Parts of speech for Crayfish
noun
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crayfish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crayfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crayfish
noun crayfish
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- mollusk — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
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