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Noun crayfish has 4 senses
- spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
--1 is a kind of shellfish
--1 is a part of
- crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
--2 is a kind of shellfish
--2 is a part of American crayfish; Old World crayfish, ecrevisse
- crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
--3 is a kind of decapod crustacean, decapod
--3 is a member of Astacidae, family Astacidae, Astacura
--3 has particulars: Old World crayfish, ecrevisse; American crayfish
- spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
--4 is a kind of lobster
--4 is a member of Palinurus, genus Palinurus
--4 has parts: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish
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