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crayfishes
     See {crayfish}

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)]