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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crayfish/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/

▶noun (pl. same or crayfishes)

1 a nocturnal freshwater crustacean resembling a lobster. [Astacus (Europe), Cambarus (N. America), and other genera.]

2 another term for spiny lobster.

– origin ME: from OFr. crevice, rel. to Ger. Krebs ‘crab’.

'crayfish' also found in these Oxford entries:

bisque - crawdad - crawfish - marron - mudbug - yabby

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