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

62 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
nuele PARASTACIDAE, "lobster," probably =
Astacopsis gouldi. [Australia: Tasmania; uncertain]
Peron, in Curr, 1887(111):605; Jorgenson, in Curr,
1887(111): 627.
nunnya PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Astacopsis sp. [Australia: Tasmania; Aboriginal tribes
from Oyster Bay to Pittwater (probably = Oyster Bay
Aboriginal tribe of Jones, in Tindale, 1974:338-341
(147°40'E x 42°30'S))] Milligan, in Curr, 1887(111):
646.
nyngan PARASTACIDAE; but also = a mussel, a
place of many streams, and a purple beetle. [Australia:
New South Wales] Reed, 1967:70.
Nyngan Place name, = "Crayfish." [Australia: New
South Wales] Reed, 1967:103.
6 ixbab CAMBARIDAE? if not crabs. [Mexico:
Yucatan, Mayan] Perez, D.J.P., 1866-1877:157.
obawo PARASTACIDAE, Cherax buitendijkae and
Cherax pallidus. [New Guinea] Holthuis, 1949:295,
311, 317.
Obey crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Cambarus (Jugicambarus)
obeyensis. [U.S.: Tennessee; headwaters of
East Fork of Obey River] Williams, et al., 1989:22;
Hobbs, 1989:23.
obyknovennyi rak
entry.
See oduKHOBeHHUH paK, next
oduKHOBemnan paK = common crayfish ASTA­
CIDAE, Astacus astacus (Astacus nobilis, A. fluviatilis,
and Potamobius fluviatilis). [Russia] Gozmany, 1979:
119. See obyknovennyi rak, above
ocagaci Probably from the adverb radical dcE, "backward"
through dcagE, "to move backwards." CAM­
BARIDAE [Canada: Ontario; Skugog Island, Mississauga
Indians] Chamberlain, 1892:30. See acagaci.
Oconee burrowing crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Cambarus
(Depressicambarus) truncatus. [U.S.: Georgia;
Laurens and Wilkinson counties] Williams, et al.,
1989:23; Hobbs, 1989:17.
oedi Pronounced oodee. PARASTACIDAE. [New
Guinea: Ekari population of Wissel Lakes region]
Holthuis, 1949:294.
oelanggamo Pronounced ulang gamd. PARASTACI­
DAE; also shrimps. [New Guinea: Moni dialect
(resembles May lay name oedang, pronounced "udang")
for shrimps and crayfishes in general] Holthuis,
1949:295. See arugut and udang-karang.
b ev Toiq TroTotfioig aoTotKoq = "the river cray-fish."
[ancient Greek] Liddell and Scott, 1966:260, quoting
Aristotle's Historia Animalium 530 a 28. "There are
some snail-shells which have inside them creatures resembling
those little crayfish that are also found in fresh
water." Thompson, 1910, The Works of Aristotle.
. .Book IV, 530*28. See river crayfish and karavida
tou glykou nerou.
Oklahoma cave crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Cambarus
(Jugicambarus) tartarus. [U.S.: Oklahoma; Delaware
Co., caves] Williams, et al., 1989:23; Hobbs, 1989:
23.
Oktibbeha riverlet crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Hobbseus
orconectoides. [U.S.: Mississippi; Lowndes, Oktibbeha,
and Webster counties] Williams, et al., 1989:
23; Hobbs, 1989:32.
olios rakok ASTACIDAE [Hungary] Gozmany,
1979:118.
omothoo PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax wasselli. [Australia: Queensland (Cape York
Peninsula); Palmer River (probably Kokomini Aboriginal
tribe of Tindale, 1974:176 (143°25'E x 16°-
10'S))] Mathew, 1899:230-231; [Australia: Queensland
(Cape York Peninsula); Palmer River, Mirkin
Aboriginal tribe (= Kokomini Aboriginal tribe of Tindale,
1974:176 (143°25'E x 16°10'S))] Palmer, in
Curr, 1886(11):398, Sta. 111.
oovarroo PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax destructor. [Australia: Queensland; Barcoo
River, 40 miles west of Blackall (probably Kuungkari
Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:179 (144°20'E x
24°35'S))] Ahern, in Curr, 1887(III):74, Sta. 153.
See acheroo, quarroo, and thoombur.
ooy CAMBARIDAE? Probably = crayfish and
shrimp. Stress, 1989:148. See crayfish (symbolism).