CRAWDADDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crawdaddy mean? 

• CRAWDADDY (noun)
  The noun CRAWDADDY has 1 sense:

1. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

  Familiarity information: CRAWDADDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAWDADDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

crawdad; crawdaddy; crawfish; crayfish

Hypernyms ("crawdaddy" is a kind of...):

decapod; decapod crustacean (crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crawdaddy"):

ecrevisse; Old World crayfish (small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America)

American crayfish (common large crayfishes of eastern North America)

Holonyms ("crawdaddy" is a member of...):

Astacidae; Astacura; family Astacidae (crayfish)