crawfish

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (Louisiana, Southern-US, Texas, US, Western, countable, especially, uncountable) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
2. (South-Africa, countable, uncountable) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
3. (Canada, Quebec, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fish for crawfish.
2. (Southern-US, colloquial, intransitive) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

Conceptos

langosta

🦞

cangrejo

🦀

retirarse

langostino

recular

langosta austral

langosta azul

langosta de australia

langosta de juan fernández

langosta de natal

langosta de oceania

langosta de roca

langosta de tristán

langosta del cabo

langosta del caribe

langosta del sur

langosta japonesa

langosta mora

langosta moteada

langosta nata

langosta rocosa

langosta roja

acamaya

langosta verde

cangrejo de río

Sinónimos

crayfish

crawdad

crawfish out

ecrevisse

back out

crawdaddy

sea crawfish

back away

langouste

withdraw

spiny lobster

pull back

retreat

prawn

rock lobster

crayfish

crab

🦀

pull in one’s horns

retire

get out

shellfish

shrimp

🦐

fall back

draw back

backpedal

crustacean

craw daddy

resile

Cancer

♋

spiny lobsters

Astacus

back

🔙

rock lobsters

Old World crayfish

back up

back off

back down

lobster

🦞

Traducciones

écrevisse

Krebs

καραβίδα

rivierkreeft

Languste

lagostim

جراد البحر

Astacus

lagosta

langouste

Flusskrebs

aragosta di scoglio

Bachkrebs

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒˌfɪʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: crevis

Cognado con francés antiguo: crevice

Cognado con francés: écrevisse

In summary

1620s, folk etymology from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (French écrevisse), influenced by fish. Compare crayfish.