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kreeft

Meaning

lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata

Synonyms

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kreːft/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch crevet, creeft, from Old Dutch *krevit, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Akin to German Krebs and Swedish kräfta.

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