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Definition of Crawdad

1. Noun. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

2. Noun. Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.

Definition of Crawdad

1. Noun. (US regional) The crayfish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crawdad

1. a crayfish [n -S] - See also: crayfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawdad

cravenly cravenness cravennesses cravens craver cravers craves cravest craveth craving

cravingly cravingness cravings craw craw-craw crawdad (current term) crawdaddies crawdaddy crawdads crawfish

crawfish out crawfished crawfishes crawfishing crawfordite crawk crawked crawking crawks crawl

Literary usage of Crawdad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mary Jane Down South by Clara Ingram Judson (1919)
"It's a crawdad!" "But look," cried Mary Jane; "he's gone!" To be sure! Even as Mary Jane was watching him, the queer little crawdad had ..."

2. Studies by the Bureau of Educational Measurements and Standards by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia (1915)
"... the sn.ike and laid it on the track and the train cut its head off. and when lie pulled up his line he had u crawdad and lie took its tail for bait. ..."

3. Mary Jane Down South by Clara Ingram Judson (1919)
"Look! See that funny bug!" "Pooh!" exclaimed Alice laughingly, "it isn' ta bug! It's a crawdad!'' "But look," cried Mary Jane; "he's gone!" To be sure! ..."

4. Annual Report by Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana (1907)
"... exhaustive discussion of the anatomy of a crustacean, commonly called crawdad, genus?, species?, related to the lobster, but otherwise uninteresting. ..."

5. Report of a Survey of the Public Schools of Leavenworth, Kansas by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, Walter Scott Monroe (1915)
"... killed the snake and laid it on the track and the train cut its head off. and when he pulled up his line he had a crawdad and he took its tail for bait. ..."

6. The Lone Star by Eugene Percy Lyle, Doubleday, Page & Company (1907)
"... the Mex'cans took wing and hoofed it rapid, which of coh'se tangled us Americans up in a devil of a hobble. But we hung on like a crawdad to a ..."

7. Mary Jane Down South by Clara Ingram Judson (1919)
"It's a crawdad!" "But look," cried Mary Jane; "he's gone!" To be sure! Even as Mary Jane was watching him, the queer little crawdad had ..."

8. Studies by the Bureau of Educational Measurements and Standards by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia (1915)
"... the sn.ike and laid it on the track and the train cut its head off. and when lie pulled up his line he had u crawdad and lie took its tail for bait. ..."

9. Mary Jane Down South by Clara Ingram Judson (1919)
"Look! See that funny bug!" "Pooh!" exclaimed Alice laughingly, "it isn' ta bug! It's a crawdad!'' "But look," cried Mary Jane; "he's gone!" To be sure! ..."

10. Annual Report by Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana (1907)
"... exhaustive discussion of the anatomy of a crustacean, commonly called crawdad, genus?, species?, related to the lobster, but otherwise uninteresting. ..."

11. Report of a Survey of the Public Schools of Leavenworth, Kansas by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, Walter Scott Monroe (1915)
"... killed the snake and laid it on the track and the train cut its head off. and when he pulled up his line he had a crawdad and he took its tail for bait. ..."

12. The Lone Star by Eugene Percy Lyle, Doubleday, Page & Company (1907)
"... the Mex'cans took wing and hoofed it rapid, which of coh'se tangled us Americans up in a devil of a hobble. But we hung on like a crawdad to a ..."

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