crawdad

/ˌkrɔˈdæd/

Other forms: crawdads

Definitions of crawdad

1. noun

   small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
   synonyms: crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish

   types:

   Old World crayfish, ecrevisse

   small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America

   American crayfish

   common large crayfishes of eastern North America

   type of:

   decapod, decapod crustacean

   crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
2. noun

   tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
   synonyms: crawfish, crayfish, ecrevisse

   type of:

   shellfish

   meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)