crayfish
/ˈkreɪfɪʃ/noun
(复同单, 或-fishes)(亦作freshwater crayfish)
11.1
- Several genera in the infraorder Astacidea, class Malacostraca, including Astacus of Europe and Cambarus of North America.河螯虾下目中数属, 软甲纲, 包括欧洲的河螯虾属(拉丁名Astacus)和北美的螯虾属(拉丁名Cambarus)。
1.2
- (亦作marine crayfish)another term for SPINY LOBSTER.
词源
Middle English:from Old French crevice, of Germanic origin and related to German Krebs (see CRAB1 ). In the 16th cent. or earlier the second syllable was altered by association with FISH1.