crayfish
noun
any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters.
crayfishes
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pluralof crayfish.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Small crayfishes are desirable to show locomotion in water.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
Farther east a gap occurs in the distribution and no crayfishes are met with till the basin of the Amur is reached, where a group of species occurs, extending into northern Japan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
And yet, objectively considered, there is no reason to be less disgusted at the eating of crayfishes than when some other kind of animal is eaten in the same manner.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul
The crayfishes would leave these little retreats whenever disturbed, and swim away down stream out of sight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
Ulenspiegel, wishing to know why he was mimicking the crayfishes in this fashion, planting himself before him and smiling, jumped in step with him.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
