Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Crayfish
Crayfish
Any of various freshwater crustaceans that resemble tiny lobsters, complete with claws. Other coastal crustaceans (such as spiny or rock lobster) are sometimes mistakenly called saltwater crayfish. They are not, however, of the same species. Crayfish range from 3 to 6 inches long and weigh from 2 to 8 ounces. They're very popular in France (where they're called écrevisses), New Zealand, Scandinavia and parts of the United States — particularly Louisiana, where they're known as crawfish and crawdads. The great majority of the U. S. harvest comes from the waters of the Mississippi basin, and many Louisianans call their state the "crawfish capital of the world. " Crayfish can be prepared in most manners appropriate for lobster and, like lobster, turn bright red when cooked. They're usually eaten with the fingers, and the sweet, succulent meat must be picked or sucked out of the tiny shells. See also shellfish.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Culinary arts
- Category: Cooking
- Company: Barrons Educational Series
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
The Transition
The Transition is a Jetsons-style flying car designed by Terrafugia. It's driving plane that can fly as well as drive on any surface road with its ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
architected
0
Terms
27
Blossaries
14
Followers
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Browers Terms By Category
- General Finance(7677)
- Funds(1299)
- Commodity exchange(874)
- Private equity(515)
- Accountancy(421)
- Real estate investment(192)
Financial services(11765) Terms
- General art history(577)
- Visual arts(575)
- Renaissance(22)
Art history(1174) Terms
- News(147)
- Radio & TV broadcasting equipment(126)
- TV equipment(9)
- Set top box(6)
- Radios & accessories(5)
- TV antenna(1)
Broadcasting & receiving(296) Terms
- Marketing communications(549)
- Online advertising(216)
- Billboard advertising(152)
- Television advertising(72)
- Radio advertising(57)
- New media advertising(40)
Advertising(1107) Terms
- Material physics(1710)
- Metallurgy(891)
- Corrosion engineering(646)
- Magnetics(82)
- Impact testing(1)