Crayfishes

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crayfishes
       See {crayfish}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crayfish


       n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and
            South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught
            also in Florida and California [syn: {spiny lobster}, {langouste},
             {rock lobster}]
       2: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: {crawfish},
           {crawdad}, {ecrevisse}]
       3: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
          [syn: {crawfish}, {crawdad}, {crawdaddy}]
       4: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
          lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: {spiny
          lobster}, {langouste}, {rock lobster}, {crawfish}, {sea
          crawfish}]
       [also: {crayfishes} (pl)]