Crayfish - Definition
crayfish
n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also
in Florida and California [syn: spiny lobster,
langouste, rock lobster, crayfish]
2: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn:
crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse]
3: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn: crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy]
4: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: spiny
lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish,
crayfish, sea crawfish]