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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cray·fish /ˈkreˌfɪʃ/
 小龍蝦

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Craw·fish Cray·fish, n.; pl. -fishes or -fish.  Zool. Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacidæ (genera Cambarus and Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
 Syn: -- crawdad, crawdaddy.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cray·fish n. Zool. See Crawfish.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 crayfish
      n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
           South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught
           also in Florida and California [syn: spiny lobster, langouste,
            rock lobster]
      2: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: crawfish,
          crawdad, ecrevisse]
      3: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
         [syn: crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy]
      4: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
         lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: spiny
          lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, sea
          crawfish]
      [also: crayfishes (pl)]