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crayfish

[krey-fish] / ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ /


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We see Adrian at the film’s beginning as a small child, catching crayfish and other underwater creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The River Lugg is home to six protected and endangered species, including common otter, Atlantic salmon, white clawed crayfish, brook lamprey, shad and bullhead.

From BBC May 26, 2026

But Bloomer also hopes the atlas will inspire members of the public to get curious about crayfish.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

Neither overfishing nor pollution, writes David Wilcove in his book The Condor’s Shadow, “has endangered as many species of fish, mussels, amphibians, and crayfish as has habitat destruction.”

From Slate Aug. 28, 2024

The menu included mussels, crayfish, and abalone, which made us laugh; we were dining on such delicacies every day.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Nothing could be seen, however, but an unusual number of prawns or crayfishes, into which they supposed the infant had been changed.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by George Turner

To summarize your study, write a connected account of the relations of crayfishes to their environments, under the following topics:—

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

In South America crayfishes are found in southern Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

And yet, objectively considered, there is no reason to be less disgusted at the eating of crayfishes than when some other kind of animal is eaten in the same manner.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul

Ulenspiegel, wishing to know why he was mimicking the crayfishes in this fashion, planting himself before him and smiling, jumped in step with him.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster




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