What is the meaning of crayfish?

Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California.
- synonyms: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster
Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
- synonyms: crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
- synonyms: crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
- synonyms: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, sea crawfish

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