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How to pronounce “crayfish”
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Pronunciation guide for crayfish
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of crayfish with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
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"When a crayfish whistles from the mountaintop."
- Definition summary
- Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
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How to pronounce crayfish
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"When a crayfish whistles from the mountaintop."
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A Deep Dive Into “crayfish”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- (Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
- (Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To catch crayfish.
- Alternative spelling of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw).
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