crawlfish

English

Etymology

Variant of crawfish, apparently influenced by crawl.

Noun

crawlfish (countable and uncountable, plural crawlfish)

1. (US, regional) The crayfish.
   • 2005, Amita Saxena, Text Book of Crustacea‎^[1], page 35:

     Crayfish, crawlfish, crawdads, or crabs, as they are locally and variously known, are all more or less cylindrical, and the body and appendages are strongly sclerotized.

   • 2019 April 3, “Crawlfish boil [comment]”, in Trip Advisor‎^[2]:

     I usually leave spelling mistakes and typos alone. But I just love your crawlfish. They do crawl! We grew up calling them crawdads or crawdaddies. But not crawldads.
     The French word is ecrevisse. I imagine that's where crayfish and crawfish come from. Or crawled from.

Synonyms

• (freshwater crustaceans): crawdad, crawldad, crawfish, crayfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

Translations

crayfish — see crayfish