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PeterWilson: New page: The words '''crayfish''' and '''crawfish''' are essentially the same. Both refer to species of aquatic crustaceans which resemble lobsters on a small scale. Classically, '''crayfish''' are...

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New page: The words '''crayfish''' and '''crawfish''' are essentially the same. Both refer to species of aquatic crustaceans which resemble lobsters on a small scale. Classically, '''crayfish''' are...

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The words '''crayfish''' and '''crawfish''' are essentially the same. Both refer to species of aquatic crustaceans which resemble lobsters on a small scale. Classically, '''crayfish''' are small freshwater species. The term was originally applied only to European varieties. Later, it was extended to similar species found in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia, and also to marine relatives such as Spiny Lobster (''Palinurus vulgaris'', or ''Langouste'').
*'''Crayfish''' is the more formal. It is also by far the more usual in British English, where 'crawfish' is mostly heard in conscious imitation of the American.
*'''Crawfish''' is more common in American English, where it is, however, still less usual in academic writing, where in biological sciences '''crayfish''' should always be used. [[Garner, 2000]] observes: "With the rise in popularity of Cajun cuisine in the 1980s came a general awareness of such dishes as ''crawfish Ã©touffÃ©e''. And today, most people who buy the freshwater product for cooking call it ''crawfish''."
::There is also a dialect variant in the southern USA: '''crawdad'''.

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−	::::'''''[[etymology\|Etymological]] note''''': ''Ecrevisse'', the French name for a '''[[crayfish - crawfish\|crayfish]]''', does NOT mean [[etymology\|etymologically]] 'a fish that lives in crevices', although a crayfish is one a number of species of underwater crustaceans that do live in crevices in rivers or the sea. The name derives from the German ''krebs'', from a common [[Germanic]] root ''krabb-'' 'to scratch', 'to claw'.	+	::::'''''[[etymology\|Etymological]] note''''': ''Ecrevisse'', the French name for a '''[[crayfish - crawfish\|crayfish]]''', does NOT mean [[etymology\|etymologically]] 'a fish that lives in crevices', although a crayfish is one of a number of species of underwater crustaceans that do live in crevices in rivers or the sea. The name derives from the German ''krebs'', from a common [[Germanic]] root ''krabb-'' 'to scratch', 'to claw'.

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 The words '''crayfish''' and '''crawfish''' are essentially the same. Both refer to species of aquatic crustaceans which resemble lobsters on a small scale. Classically, '''crayfish''' are small freshwater species. The term was originally applied only to European varieties. Later, it was extended to similar species found in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia, and also to marine relatives such as Spiny Lobster (''Palinurus vulgaris'', or ''Langouste'').
 *'''Crayfish''' is the more formal. It is also by far the more usual in British English, where 'crawfish' is mostly heard in conscious imitation of the American.
-*'''Crawfish''' is more common in American English, where it is, however, still less usual in academic writing, where in biological sciences '''crayfish''' should always be used. [[Garner, 2000]] observes: "With the rise in popularity of Cajun cuisine in the 1980s came a general awareness of such dishes as ''crawfish Ã©touffÃ©e''. And today, most people who buy the freshwater product for cooking call it ''crawfish''."
+*'''Crawfish''' is more common in American English, where it is, however, still less usual in academic writing, where in biological sciences '''crayfish''' should always be used. [[Garner, 2000]] observes: "With the rise in popularity of Cajun cuisine in the 1980s came a general awareness of such dishes as ''crawfish étouffée''. And today, most people who buy the freshwater product for cooking call it ''crawfish''."
 ::There is also a dialect variant in the southern USA: '''crawdad'''.

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 *'''Crawfish''' is more common in American English, where it is, however, still less usual in academic writing, where in biological sciences '''crayfish''' should always be used. [[Garner, 2000]] observes: "With the rise in popularity of Cajun cuisine in the 1980s came a general awareness of such dishes as ''crawfish Ã©touffÃ©e''. And today, most people who buy the freshwater product for cooking call it ''crawfish''."
 ::There is also a dialect variant in the southern USA: '''crawdad'''.
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