crayfish

/kɹˈeɪfɪʃ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
2. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
3. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
4. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

Synonyms for crayfish

• spiny lobster
• langouste
• rock lobster
• crawfish
• crawdad
• ecrevisse
• crawdaddy
• sea crawfish