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crayfish

/krey-fish/US // ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ //UK // (ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ) //

小龙虾,龙虾,螯虾,鳌虾

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cray·fish, cray·fish·es.

    • : Also called crawdad, crawdaddy. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters.
    • : any of several similar marine crustaceans, especially the spiny lobster.

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Examples

  • Freud’s college drawings are of the nerves in crayfish and lamprey.

  • In the evenings, you can camp on islands in Edenic Lake Bunyonyi, eating crayfish tails and fire-baked manioc, while crested cranes roost in the nearby trees, honking at the sunset.

  • In fact, there are lots of problematic invasive species that have spread through the pet trade, from predatory fish that can drag themselves between bodies of water to a crayfish that clones itself to reproduce.

  • Suddenly, seeing the pools and the crayfish seemed more important than chasing away spiders.

  • Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.

  • For her inaugural menu, she planned crayfish with mayonnaise, pigeon with peas, and an apple brioche flambéed in rum.

  • Ferraro didn't know much about catfish, crayfish, or grapes, but she was, she said, quite familiar with blueberries.

  • Most folks call them crayfish, but in the bayou, they are crawfish.

  • He had to gather fragments of wreck and other things to aid him in his labour, and to search for crabs and crayfish for his food.

  • The waters of the inlet were exceedingly well stocked with fish; and here I saw large crayfish for the first time.

  • Fill the centre with Allemagne sauce, to which has been added some lobster and crayfish butter to make it red.

  • The Queen listened without interrupting, for hearing a big Crayfish talk—and talk so nicely too—was a great surprise to her.

  • They have also small hoop nets, in which they catch lobsters, and sea crayfish.