crayfish

Noun

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

• warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spiny lobster , langouste , rock lobster , crawfish , sea crawfish , crawdad , crawdaddy , ecrevisse