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freshwater crayfish

freshwater crayfish noun: any of the small decapod crustaceans of the family Parastacidae, living in freshwater habitats of Australasia, New Zealand, South America, and Madagascar.

Noun

freshwater crayfish (uncountable)

  1. Any of the small decapod crustaceans of the family Parastacidae, living in freshwater habitats of Australasia, New Zealand, South America, and Madagascar.

Questions about freshwater crayfish

What does freshwater crayfish mean?
Freshwater crayfish means any of the small decapod crustaceans of the family Parastacidae, living in freshwater habitats of Australasia, New Zealand, South America, and Madagascar.
What part of speech is freshwater crayfish?
Freshwater crayfish is a noun.

Words near freshwater crayfish in the dictionary

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  4. freshpersons
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