ALL meanings of crayfish
cray·fish
C c - 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
- noun plural crayfish Also called crawdad, crawdaddy. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters. 1
- noun plural crayfish any of several similar marine crustaceans, especially the spiny lobster. 1
- noun crayfish A nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits streams and rivers. 1
- noun crayfish Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. 0
- noun crayfish (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae). 0