crayfish

crayfish antonyms

crayfish definitions

verb
  • to catch crayfish 

noun
  • Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller. 

  • A rock lobster (family Palinuridae). 

  • The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae). 

  • A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait. 

  • A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.