Cray-fish

  • 1cray|fish — «KRAY FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. 1. any one of numerous freshwater crustaceans that look much like small lobsters, to which they are closely related. 2. a similar but larger saltwater crustacean. Also, crawfis. ╂[earlier …

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  • 2cray·fish — /ˈkreıˌfıʃ/ noun, pl crayfish [count] : an animal that looks like a small lobster and lives in rivers and streams …

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  • 3cray — cray; cray·fish; cray·let; cray·on·ist; cray·thur; cray·on; …

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  • 4fish — bony·fish; chen·fish; cray·fish; fish; fish·abil·i·ty; fish·able; fish·ber·ry; fish·er; fish·er·man; fish·ery; fish·gig; fish·hook; fish·ify; fish·i·ly; fish·man; fish·plate; gore·fish; gui·tar·fish; kil·li·fish; king·fish·er; klip·fish;… …

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  • 5-fish — Crawfish Craw fish (kr[add] f[i^]sh ), Crayfish Cray fish (kr[=a] f[i^]sh ), n.; pl. { fishes} or { fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [ e]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending fish arose from… …

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  • 6Cray-2 — A Cray 2 operated by NASA A Cray 2 and its Fluorinert cooling waterfall , fo …

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  • 7crayfish — cray·fish …

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  • 8crayfish — cray·fish (krā’fĭsh′) also craw·fish (krô’ ) n. pl. crayfish or cray·fish·es also crawfish or craw·fish·es 1) Any of various freshwater crustaceans of the families Astacidae and Cambaridae of the Northern Hemisphere and the family Parastacidae of …

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  • 9crayfish — cray|fish [ kreı,fıʃ ] (plural cray|fish) noun count a creature like a small LOBSTER that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten …

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  • 10crayfish — cray•fish [[t]ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ[/t]] also crawfish n. pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. for kinds or species) fish•es. 1) ivt Also called crawdad,crawdaddy any of various mainly freshwater decapod crustaceans, esp. of the genera Astacus and Cambarus… …

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