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crawlfish

crawlfish noun: the crayfish.

Noun

crawlfish (countable and uncountable, plural crawlfish)

  1. (US, regional) The crayfish.
    • Crayfish, crawlfish, crawdads, or crabs, as they are locally and variously known, are all more or less cylindrical, and the body and appendages are strongly sclerotized.2005, Amita Saxena, Text Book of Crustacea, page 35
    • I usually leave spelling mistakes and typos alone. But I just love your crawlfish. They do crawl! We grew up calling them crawdads or crawdaddies. But not crawldads.
      The French word is ecrevisse. I imagine that's where crayfish and crawfish come from. Or crawled from.2019 April 3, “Crawlfish boil [comment]”, in Trip Advisor

Synonyms of crawlfish

Forms of crawlfish

pluralcrawlfish

Origin of crawlfish

Variant of crawfish, apparently influenced by crawl.

Questions about crawlfish

What does crawlfish mean?
Crawlfish means the crayfish.
What part of speech is crawlfish?
Crawlfish is a noun.
What is the plural of crawlfish?
The plural of crawlfish is crawlfish.

Words near crawlfish in the dictionary

  1. crawlers
  2. crawlerway
  3. crawlerways
  4. Crawley
  5. Crawley Down
  6. crawlfish
  7. crawlier
  8. crawlies
  9. crawliest
  10. crawlin'
  11. crawling

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