"crabfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: crabfish [plural], crabfishes [plural]
Etymology: crab + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crab|fish}} crab + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|crabfish|+}} crabfish (plural crabfish or crabfishes)
  1. (archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Astacideans, Crabs
    Sense id: en-crabfish-en-noun-KIBzPRKC Disambiguation of Astacideans: 78 22 Disambiguation of Crabs: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 14
  2. (archaic) A lobster or crayfish. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-crabfish-en-noun-xcCM1jIY

Inflected forms

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