crawfishy

Adjective

crawfishy (comparative more crawfishy, superlative most crawfishy)

1. With crawfish.
   • My head towards the current, I let the crawfishy water run into my mouth, swallowing a little of it at a time.1938, Allen Tate, The Fathers, Denver, Colo.: Alan Swallow, published 1960, page 263
   • Debbie sniffed the aroma in the air coming from the kitchen. “I smell somethin’ crawfishy that wants to add more pounds to my already voluptuous curves.”2014, David Luck, Southern Fried Life, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 8
2. Resembling or characteristic of crawfish.
   • The blue misty look rose over green tents; there was the wood smoke smell and one of cooking; rain puddles still steaming dry in shady washed-out places caused a smell like flood, a crawfishy smell of something old, moist and mysterious.1966, Joan Williams, Old Powder Man, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 162
   • Fish Formula “Crawfish” is the latest in their line of products, and it does have a crawfishy smell.1984 April 29, Jim Strader, “Flavored baits make scents”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 258, number 120, Louisville, Ky., page C 18, column 1