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crawldad

crawldad noun: the crayfish.

Noun

crawldad (plural crawldads)

  1. (US, regional) The crayfish.
    • “Anybody here every pour concrete?” I asked the group. “I'm not the concrete pourer or the concrete pourer's son ...” came back the cheerful chorus of replies as Quentin, staggering a little, wandered up from the creek to join us, complaining that a crawl-dad had bitten him.1998, HomerHickam Jr., October Sky, page 140

Synonyms of crawldad

Forms of crawldad

pluralcrawldads
alternative formcrawl-dad

Origin of crawldad

Variant of crawdad, apparently influenced by crawl.

Questions about crawldad

What does crawldad mean?
Crawldad means the crayfish.
What part of speech is crawldad?
Crawldad is a noun.
What is the plural of crawldad?
The plural of crawldad is crawldads.

Words near crawldad in the dictionary

  1. crawl-a-bottom
  2. crawl-a-bottoms
  3. crawl-in
  4. crawl-ins
  5. crawlable
  6. crawldad
  7. crawldads
  8. crawled
  9. crawled before one walked
  10. crawled over each other
  11. crawled up someone's ass

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