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Crayfish Common

Crayfish has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

2

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

3

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

4

large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

5

Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.