crayfish
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
Types & categories
- shellfish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sea crawfish part holonym
Sense 2 noun
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
Types & categories
- shellfish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Old World crayfish part holonym
- American crayfish part holonym
Sense 3 noun
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
Types & categories
- decapod hypernym
- Old World crayfish hyponym
- American crayfish hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Astacidae member holonym
Sense 4 noun
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Types & categories
- lobster hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Palinurus member holonym
- spiny lobster part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sea crawfish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shellfish |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Old World crayfish |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | American crayfish |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shellfish |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Astacidae |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decapod |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Old World crayfish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | American crayfish |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Palinurus |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spiny lobster |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lobster |