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Crawfish vs Crayfish – What’s the difference?

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Crawfish vs Crayfish - What's the difference?
Crayfish is a synonym of crawfish. Crawfish is a synonym of crayfish. As nouns the difference between crawfish and crayfish is that crawfish is (dialect|southern us) (crayfish) while crayfish is a freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait. As a verb crawfish is (dialect|southern us) to backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with out .

crawfish

English

Noun

  • (Southern US, Midwest US, and, Western US)

    • Synonyms

    * crayfish
    * crawdad

    Verb

  • (dialect, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with out
    • He said he’d organize the project, but I think he crawfished out of it.

    External links

    crayfish

    English

    (wikipedia crayfish )

    Alternative forms

    * (l)
    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)

  • (New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
  • (AU, NZ, South Africa) A rock lobster.

    • Usage notes

    The term crayfish” predominates in the region of New England and in New York, Pennsylvania Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In much of the United States—in the South, especially in Louisiana and Texas; in the Midwest and in the West—”crawfish” predominates. In a belt stretching across Kentucky through Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in Oregon and northern California, the term ”crawdad predominates.[http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/]

    Synonyms

    * (freshwater crustaceans) crawdad, crawfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

    See also

    * lobster
    * prawn
    * shrimp
    * yabby

    References


    South African English
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