English-Thai Dictionary
crawfish
N กุ้งช นิดหนึ่ง คล้าย กุ้งก้ามกราม crayfish kung-cha-nid-nueng-klai-kung-kam-kram
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CRAWFISH; CRAYFISH
CRAWFISH; CRAYFISH Craw "fish ` (kr "fsh `), Cray "fish ` (kr "fsh `), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. Etym: [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F., fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any crustacean of the family Astacidæ, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
New American Oxford Dictionary
crawfish
craw fish |ˈkrôˌfiSH ˈkrɔˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or crawfishes ) a freshwater crayfish. • another term for spiny lobster. ▶verb [ no obj. ] informal retreat from a position: the three networks, intimidated by the public outcry, had begun to crawfish. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of crayfish .
Oxford Dictionary
crawfish
craw |fish |ˈkrɔːfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or crawfishes ) another term for spiny lobster. • chiefly N. Amer. a freshwater crayfish. ▶verb [ no obj. ] US informal retreat from a position. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of crayfish .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
crawfish
cr á w f ì sh 名詞 (→fish )＝crayfish .
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