crayfish vs American crayfish

crayfish and American crayfish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crayfish	Yes	No	No	No
American crayfish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American crayfish is a hyponym of crayfish; that is, American crayfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crayfish:

crayfish: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
American crayfish: common large crayfishes of eastern North America

Other hyponyms of crayfish include ecrevisse, Old World crayfish.

crayfish (noun)	American crayfish (noun)
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters	common large crayfishes of eastern North America
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

crayfish vs American crayfish

crayfish and American crayfish both are nouns.

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