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The festival was not affiliated with the crawdad festival held this weekend at Cal Expo in Sacramento.
—Lezlie Sterling, Sacramento Bee, 17 June 2024
Mike Ellis of Stockton celebrated Father’s Day Sunday with his wife Cristina and sons Mario, 6, and Valentino, 4, who wore a red crawdad hat.
—Lezlie Sterling, Sacramento Bee, 17 June 2024
Of course, live bait such as worms, crawdads, and small baitfish work well for catching both species.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 14 Sep. 2023
During long periods of low water, baitfish and crawdads are confined to constricted pools.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
alteration of crawfish
First Known Use
circa 1905, in the meaning defined above
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“Crawdad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawdad. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
crawdad
noun
craw·dad
ˈkrȯ-ˌdad
dialect
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