noun
1. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
• Hypernyms: ↑shellfish
• Part Holonyms: ↑American crayfish, ↑Old World crayfish, ↑ecrevisse
2. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
• Hypernyms: ↑decapod crustacean, ↑decapod
• Hyponyms: ↑Old World crayfish, ↑ecrevisse, ↑American crayfish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Astacidae, ↑family Astacidae, ↑Astacura
Useful english dictionary. 2012.