crayfish
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We see Adrian at the film’s beginning as a small child, catching crayfish and other underwater creatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But Bloomer also hopes the atlas will inspire members of the public to get curious about crayfish.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Neither overfishing nor pollution, writes David Wilcove in his book The Condor’s Shadow, “has endangered as many species of fish, mussels, amphibians, and crayfish as has habitat destruction.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
As with humans, crayfish and capybaras, if you look you’ll find the biochemical markers of the poor bees’ cognitive change.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2024
Richard could smell the crayfish on Madu’s breath.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Upon what do you base your answer?Name two points in which earthworms and crayfishes are alike.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
I afterward visited the locality several times, collecting specimens of the mounds and crayfishes, which are now in the United States National Museum, and making observations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
And yet, objectively considered, there is no reason to be less disgusted at the eating of crayfishes than when some other kind of animal is eaten in the same manner.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul
You can tuck up the sleeves, and we will catch crayfishes again.
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
Small crayfishes are desirable to show locomotion in water.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas