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crayfish

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1. crayfish - Noun

2. crayfish - Verb

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Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

See Crawfish.

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At crawfish boils or other meals where the entire body of the crayfish is presented, other portions, such as the claw meat, may be eaten. Source: Internet

Because of their very small size of convert or less, some fish are often a threat to the crayfish. Source: Internet

Diet C. alleganiensis feeds primarily on crayfish and small fish. Source: Internet

Imported crayfish are unrestricted, and many arrive from Pakistan. Source: Internet

In recent years there have been attempts to explore the viability of live crayfish and chilled fish exports and salt production. Source: Internet

It hosts some unique species like the Eastern brook lamprey, Daurian crayfish (cambaroides dauricus) and Daurian pearl oyster (dahurinaia dahurica) in the Onon/Kherlen rivers as well as Siberian prawn (exopalaemon modestus) in Lake Buir. Source: Internet

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