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Astacus

noun

type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish

• Syn: ↑genus Astacus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Astacidae, ↑family Astacidae, ↑Astacura

• Member Meronyms: ↑Old World crayfish, ↑ecrevisse

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\\ˈastəkəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, crab, from Greek astakos, ostakos lobster, crayfish; akin to Greek osteon bone — more at osseous

: a genus (the type of the family Astacidae) of crustaceans containing the freshwater crayfishes of Europe and related species of western No. America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.