(especially BrE) (also crawfish AmE, BrE) noun [C,U] (plural crayfish, crawfish) a shellfish like a small LOBSTER, that lives in rivers and lakes and can be eaten, or one like a large LOBSTER, that lives in the sea and can be eaten
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