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craw·dad
(krô′dăd′)n. Chiefly Southern & Western US
See crayfish.
[craw(fish) + dad.]
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crawdad
(ˈkrɔːˌdæd) orcrawdaddy
n
(Animals) a US dialect form of crayfish
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cray•fish
(ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ)also crawfish
n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.
1. Also called crawdad , crawdaddy. any of various mainly freshwater decapod crustaceans, esp. of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling small lobsters.
2. (not in technical use) the spiny lobster.
[1350–1400; alter. (by folk etym.) of Middle English crevis < Middle French crevice < Old High German krebiz crab1]
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| Noun | 1. |  crawdad - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled brieflyOld World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America American crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North America shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
| 2. |  crawdad - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobsterdecapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax Old World crayfish, ecrevisse - small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America American crayfish - common large crayfishes of eastern North America |
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