AMERICAN CRAYFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American crayfish mean? 

• AMERICAN CRAYFISH (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN CRAYFISH has 1 sense:

1. common large crayfishes of eastern North America

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN CRAYFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN CRAYFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common large crayfishes of eastern North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("American crayfish" is a kind of...):

crawdad; crawdaddy; crawfish; crayfish (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)

Meronyms (parts of "American crayfish"):

crawdad; crawfish; crayfish; ecrevisse (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)

Holonyms ("American crayfish" is a member of...):

Cambarus; genus Cambarus (a genus of Astacidae)