marbled crayfish

English

A marbled crayfish

Alternative forms

• Marmorkrebs

Etymology

Calque of German Marmorkrebs, from Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).

Noun

marbled crayfish (countable and uncountable, plural marbled crayfish or marbled crayfishes)

1. (uncountable) Procambarus virginalis; an all-female species of crayfish that reproduces without sex.
2. (countable) An individual of the species.

Synonyms

• Marmorkrebs
• Procambarus virginalis
• Procambarus fallax virginalis
• Procambarus fallax forma virginalis

Hypernyms

• decapod
• crustacean
• crayfish
• Procambarus
• Procambarus fallax (when treated as a subspecies or breed)