sea crayfish

or sea crawfish

noun

1. spiny lobster.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea crayfish¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

How Mr. Croker drew that picture of Coomara the Merrow, when he probably never saw a sea crayfish, a lobster, or even a prawn at home, I cannot account for, except by the divining and prophetic instincts of genius.

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They have also small hoop nets, in which they catch lobsters, and sea crayfish.

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As is the case with their congeners—the sea crayfish and the crab—greediness renders them stupid, and, rather than leave a piece of meat which is to their taste, they will allow themselves to be pulled with it out of the water.

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Sea crayfish, which grow to a very large size, are not much esteemed in this country.

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A great quantity of the small sea crayfish were brought into market; and in certain countries these were called santé, because the doctors recommended them to invalids or those in consumption; on the other hand, freshwater crayfish were not much esteemed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, excepting for their eggs, which were prepared with spice.

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