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crevis

crevis noun: the crayfish. Also the alternative form of crevice.

Noun

crevis (plural crevises)

  1. (UK, dialectal) The crayfish.
    • By the gods, I know not how best to devise My name or my property well to disguise. A merchant, a may-pole, a man or a mackerel, A crab or a crevis, a crane or a cokerel?1575, R.B., Appius and Virginia, page 11
    • The fifth pair had each a fair large tray, strewed with fresh grass; and in them conger, burt, mullet, fresh herrings, oysters, salmon, crevis, and such like, from Neptunas, God of the sea.1903, Sidney Lanier, Shakspere and His Forerunners, page 88

Also used as

crevis is also the alternative form of crevice.

Forms of crevis

pluralcrevises

Origin of crevis

From Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crayfish”). Doublet of crevette, crayfish, crawfish, and Krebs.

Questions about crevis

What does crevis mean?
Crevis means the crayfish.
What part of speech is crevis?
Crevis is a noun.
What is the plural of crevis?
The plural of crevis is crevises.

Words near crevis in the dictionary

  1. crevices
  2. crevicing
  3. crevicular
  4. Crevier
  5. Creviers
  6. crevis
  7. crevises
  8. Creviston
  9. Crevistons
  10. crevyssh
  11. crew

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