crawdad

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crawdad

/ˈkɹɔˌdæd/ US

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Alteration of US and British dialectal crawdab (“crayfish”).

noun crawdads

Synonym of crayfish.
Similar: crayfish, crawldad, crawfish, crawlfish, mudbug, yabby

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"crawdad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crawdad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"crawdad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crawdad.

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@misc{crawdad_2026,
  title = {crawdad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crawdad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}