noun
- a freshwater crustacean resembling a small lobster
Usage: also called crawfish or crawdad in some regions
Examples
- We caught several crayfish in the creek behind our house.
- The restaurant serves spicy crayfish with corn and potatoes.
- Crayfish are important indicators of water quality in streams.
- She used a net to scoop up the crayfish from under the rocks.
- The biology class studied the anatomy of a crayfish.
- Crayfish burrow into muddy banks near the water’s edge.