A Dictionary of Non-Scientific Names of Freshwater Crayfishes ...

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crawdab CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: Missouri] Taylor,
J.L.B., 1923:204.
crawdabber CAMBARIDAE [U.S.] Krishtalka,
1989:30.
craw-dabber CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: midwest] Ade,
1912:39.
crawdad CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: northwest Arkansas]
Carr, 1905:76; [U.S.] North, 1963:38. [U.S.]
Gozmany, 1979:118; PARASTACIDAE. [Australia:
New South Wales] Olszewski, 1980:16.
crawdad Verb (slang, sense 1), = "to back out."
[U.S.] Berrey and van den Bark, 1942 (1947):240.
See camaron reculador, crawfish (verb, sense 1),
crayfish (verb), crayfish (Symbolism), ecrevisse qui
renifle, and gambero (verb), hsiang lagu I yang hou
t'ui, hsiang lagu I yang sa so, kajae korum, marcher
comme les ecrevisse, and marcher en ecrevisse.
crawdad Verb (slang, sense 2), = "tobe obsequious."
[U.S.] Berrey and van den Bark, 1942 (1947):308.
See crawfish, crayfish, cray-fish, and mudbug as
verbs.
Crawdad Place name, private airport. [U.S.: Georgia;
SW of Savannah, (31°59'N x 81°15'W)] Aeronautical
Chart, Jacksonville Section, scale 1:500,000.
Crawdad Creek Place name, stream. [U.S.: Washington;
Snohomish Co.] Abate, 1991(9):708.
Crawdad Slough Place name, stream. [U.S.: Illinois,
Cook Co.] Abate, 1991(6):27.
crawdad CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: Missouri] Taylor,
J.L.B., 1923:204.
craw-dad CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: Kentucky] Shearin,
1911:37.
craw-daddy CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: Louisiana]
Brown, Brown, & Brown, 1949.
crawdaddy CAMBARIDAE [U.S.] Krishtalka,
1989:30.
crawffish ASTACIDAE "...at Burrowbridge I pass'd
the River...Ouse... [which] affords very good fish
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salmon and codffish and plenty of crawffish ...."
[U.K.: Yorkshire] Fiennes, 1697 (1949):219. See
Fiennes under craw fish and crawfish.
craw fish ASTACIDAE "From Knarsborough we
went to Rippon [Ripon] a pretty little market town.. .and
Craw fish 2 pence a Dozen so we bought them...."
[U.K.: Yorkshire] Fiennes, 1697 (1949):83. See
Fiennes under crawffish and crawfish.
Craw Fish Sp. Place name. Spelling variation of
Crawfish Spring, q.v.
craw-fish ASTACIDAE [Norway] Pontoppidan,
1755, part 11:175-175; CAMBARIDAE [U.S.] Say,
1817:168, 169.
craw-fish Verb (slang), = "to back out; refuse to any
thing after starting to do it." Tefft, 1848:316. See
crawfish, verb, sense 1.
crawfish This term is widely used for members of the
ASTACOIDEA and PARASTACOIDEA, as well as for
many marine crustaceans. Webster, 1852:280, suggests
craw is derived from "crab" or from the Welsh "crag,"
a shell as in "pysgod cragen," shell-fish. He also
suggests the "fish" in crawfish is from the last syllable
of ecrevisse. ASTACIDAE ".. .1 went with my mother
into Oxfordshire.. .to Hungerford 16 mile which is
famous for Crawfish...." [U.K.: Berkshire; probably
the Kennet River] Also, "...Kanck-wood [Cannock
Wood], which is but a barren heath ground but.. .its full
of little brooks and rivulets which abounds with crawfish...."
[U.K.: Stafford] Fiennes, 1697 (1949):23,
166; "...But all must stoop to Crawfish Soop...."
[U.K.] D'Urfey, 1719(I):268; "The Cray-fish or
Crawfish is an inhabitant of fresh water." [U.K.]
Donovan, 1837, II, 213. CAMBARIDAE [U.S.:
northwest Arkansas] Carr, 1905:76; [U.S.: New
York] Kieran, 1959:74; [U.S.: very common usage in
south]. PARASTACIDAE. [Australia] Johnston,
1976:192.
Penn (1943:1) discussed his feelings on the crayfish/crawfish
controversy, and, while somewhat dated
and limited in scope, is worth repeating here (my notes
in brackets):
"The name crawfish is used in this paper because it
is believed to be the most common common-name for
the species of crawfishes of the genus Cambarus to
which they belong; and, it is the only common name
for these animals throughout the South and in other