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)]