crayfish

Meanings

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

Synonyms

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