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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Nothing could be seen, however, but an unusual number of prawns or crayfishes, into which they supposed the infant had been changed.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner
Name three in which they differ.How are crayfishes caught for market?
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
To summarize your study, write a connected account of the relations of crayfishes to their environments, under the following topics:—
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
And at the same time," added Bouvard, for they mutually excited each other, "this Providence takes care of little birds, and makes the claws of crayfishes grow again.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
I afterward visited the locality several times, collecting specimens of the mounds and crayfishes, which are now in the United States National Museum, and making observations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
