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crevises

crevises is the plural of crevis.

Meaning of crevis

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

Questions about crevises

What is crevises the plural of?
Crevises is the plural of crevis.

Words near crevises in the dictionary

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

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