lobster vs crayfish
crayfish vs lobsterlobster and crayfish both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lobster | Yes | No | No | No |
| crayfish | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
crayfish is a hyponym of
lobster; that is, crayfish is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
lobster:
- lobster: any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
- crayfish: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Other hyponyms of lobster include
true lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, Norway lobster, crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster.
| lobster (noun) | crayfish (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
| flesh of a lobster | 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 |
Words related to "lobster"
- American lobster
- European lobster
- Maine lobster
- Nephrops norvegicus
- Northern lobster
- Norway lobster
- Norwegian lobster
- Reptantia
- coral
- crawfish
- crayfish
- decapod
- decapod crustacean
- langouste
- langoustine
- lobster tail
- pleopod
- rock lobster
- scampo
- sea crawfish
- shellfish
- spiny lobster
- suborder Reptantia
- swimmeret
- tomalley
- true lobster
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