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

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"red as a crayfish." [Sicily] Mortillaro, 1862:539.
rusty crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Orconectes (Procericambarus)
rusticus. [U.S. and Canada: Southern
Ontario and Michigan to Kentucky and Tennessee;
presumably introduced into other states] Williams, et
al., 1988:24; Hobbs, 1989:49.
rusty grave digger CAMBARIDAE, Cambarus
(Lacunicambarus) miltus. [U.S.: Alabama; Baldwin
Co., burrower] Williams, et al., 1989:22; Hobbs,
1989:25.
sagllu See dagllu.
sa'kew CAMBARIDAE? [Canada: Quebec, Ontario,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta (Cree Indians)]
Watkins, 1938:49 and 444. Note that usa'kao and
sa'kew are identified with "crawfish" on p. 49, but on
p. 444 those two words are defined as "A crab the
crustaceous animal, a lobster." See Usa'kao.
sam khorokhai Possibly (but not probably) CAMBA­
RIDAE = "A kind of small crayfish. A shrimp or
crab." Note that Mongolia borders on Siberia near
where Cambaroides dauricus has been reported.
[Mongolia] Boberg, 1955, vol. 11:1379. See next
citation.
sam khorokhai, see above. See
also dalai in naimalchin Note that the Mongolian
language is written and read perpendicularly from the
left to the right; thus these words would normally be
rotated 90° to the right.
sa 3 ngV ya^^cu 24 (Orthography employed by Anderson
and Roque) CAMBARIDAE [Mexico: Distrito de
Cuicatlan, Edo. de Oaxaca; Cuicateco Indians] Anderson
& Roque, 1983:82.
Santa Fe cave crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Procambarus
(Ortmannicus) erythrops. [U.S.: Florida; subterranean
waters] Williams, et al., 1989:25.
Saquechuma Literally, "Red Crawfish [People]."
Spelling variation of Shaktci Homma, q.v. Hodge,
1907, vol. 1:232, citing Gentleman of Elvas, 1557, in
French, 1850, vol. 2:162. See Shaktci Homma.
sahrtah'n mah'yim ahroa'ch-zahnah'v See next entry.
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
D})-"!--!-^ D?0 10*^0 ASTACOIDEA and PARAS­
TACOIDEA, literally, = "long-tailedwater scorpion."
It seems possible that this is simply a figurative translation
of the English "crayfish," the noun and the verbal
usages. [Hebrew] Alcalay, 1962 (1965):853. Note
that these words are read from right to left. See
sahrtah'n mah'yim ahroa'ch-zahnah'v, above.
sas CAMBARIDAE [Mexico: Chiapas; Ciudad de
Copainala, Zoque Indians] Harrison et al., 1981:147,
285. See crayfish, (symbolism) and chacalin.
schahamuis CAMBARIDAE [U.S.: Delaware Indians]
Zeisberger, 1887:48. Also, schahamuis CAM­
BARIDAE [U.S., northeast: Lenape Indians] Brinton
& Anthony, 1888:126.
Schmalscherenkrebs ASTACIDAE Astacus leptodactylus
(Potamobius leptodactylus). [Germany] Gozmany,
1979:119.
schmalscheriger Krebs ASTACIDAE Astacus
leptodactylus (Potamobius leptodactylus). [Germany]
Gozmany, 1979:119.
Schnerenkrebse ASTACIDAE [Germany] Gozmany,
1979:118.
Scottsdale burrowing caryfish PARASTACIDAE,
Engaeus "sp. TF." [Australia: Tasmania, Surveyors
Creek] Horwitz, 1990:92.
secar goch ASTACIDAE Austropotamobius pallipes.
[N.W. Europe, Celts, passim: Gaelic] Cherry,
1992:19. See siacar goch.
se-duk ASTACIDAE, probably Pacifastacus sp.
[U.S., western: California, Shasta Indians (Hokan)]
Merriam, 1979:224.
seip-mocn-tei (Orthography used by Harrington)
CAMBARIDAE [U.S., midwestern: Kiowa Indians]
Harrington, 1928:212.
shakchi CAMBARIDAE, probably Procambarus
(Scapulicambarus) clarkii. [U.S., southeast: Louisiana;
Choctaw Indians] Byington, 1915:325,421.
shakchi inchuka The hole or house of a crayfish.
CAMBARIDAE [U.S., southeast: Louisiana; Choctaw