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crayfishy

adj

Etymology

From crayfish + -y.

  1. derived from *gerbʰ-✻
  2. derived from *krabitaz✻
  3. derived from *krabit✻ — “crab”
  4. derived from *krabitjō✻ — “crayfish”
  5. derived from crevice
  6. derived from crevis
  7. suffixed as crayfishy — “crayfish + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of crayfish.

    • “I’ll see if I can find a helgramite,” Nicky said. “No fish can refuse that.” / Laner laughed. “It sounds tough.” / “It’s a small crayfishy-looking creature. You wouldn’t like it.”
    • The wind was advertising the river’s smell – damp, raw and crayfishy.
    • We had insect life on Proxima, and pets too, but nothing like the writhing crayfishy half-snakes in there.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA