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1. Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
   - spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster
    
2. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
   - crawfish [N. Amer], crawdad [N. Amer], ecrevisse
    
3. Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
   - crawfish [N. Amer], crawdad [N. Amer], crawdaddy [N. Amer]
    
4. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
   - spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish [N. Amer], sea crawfish [N. Amer]

Derived forms: crayfish, crayfishes

Type of: decapod, decapod crustacean, lobster, shellfish

Part of: American crayfish, Astacidae, Astacura, ecrevisse, family Astacidae, genus Palinurus, Old World crayfish, Palinurus

Encyclopedia: Crayfish