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Crayfish - meaning and illustration

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for crayfish: 🔊

Cray • fish BrE / kreɪfɪʃ / NAmE / kreɪfɪʃ /

1.2. Etymology of Crayfish:

Middle English: from Old French crevice, of Germanic origin and related to German Krebs. In the 16th cent. or earlier the second syllable was altered by association with fish.

1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of crayfish:

Écrevisse

1.4. Definition of crayfish in fisheries:

Crayfish: an animal like a small lobster , that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large lobster , that lives in the sea and can be eaten