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crayfish

[krey-fish] / ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ /


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"About a third of crayfish are thought to be threatened or endangered, but for another 20-ish percent, we don't have the data available to even assess what their conservation status should be."

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

As with humans, crayfish and capybaras, if you look you’ll find the biochemical markers of the poor bees’ cognitive change.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

But there is also a lot we don’t know, including about decapod crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2024

Swiftly I made piles of cracked nuts, smoked rabbit, and crayfish.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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