How to Use crayfish in a Sentence

crayfish

noun
  • Spicy chorizo and crayfish have been known to join the mix.
    Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The cave-dwelling crayfish lack any pigment and are blind.
    Wired, 10 July 2022
  • Click here to read more about the UAH crayfish discovery.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 1 June 2022
  • The state has more than 60 species of crayfish, 13 of which are found only in Arkansas.
    Ashton Eley, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The large salamander mainly preys on crayfish, so the team made sure there were plenty in the area.
    The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Almost half of all cacti species are at risk along with the Venus flytrap, and crayfish.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Illinois is home to 23 species of crayfish, seven of which can be found in Kane County.
    Beacon-News Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The rigs are baited with minnows, crayfish and leeches and worked in the current under a float.
    cleveland, 7 May 2020
  • Try the freshwater or sea eel and anything with shrimp or crayfish.
    Carolyn Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Sea urchins, starfish and crayfish washing ashore in New Zealand.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Aside from the cramped environment, and the wet and the mud, and the cave crickets, there were spiders and crayfish and porcupines.
    Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
  • The crayfish are still walking, the seagulls are flying, the cats are meowing, and the waves are lapping.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
  • One neighbor, a doctor, was paid by patients from time to time in live five-pound crayfish.
    Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • This fly also works in slower rivers and in ponds with crayfish —like most mid-Atlantic.
    Bill May, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2022
  • In brown or rusty orange, a curly-tail grub becomes a crayfish when slowly hopped across the bottom.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The crayfish was released this week into the chilly creek inside Smallin Cave.
    USA TODAY, 13 June 2019
  • The crustacean was tracked to a nearby home, where a crayfish boil had taken place a week earlier.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
  • In 2019, a fossil believed to be a new spider species was discovered to be a crayfish.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The top lures have been tube jigs, drop shot rigs tipped with soft plastics or nightcrawlers, golden shiners, leeches and crayfish.
    D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Among the species identified as the most likely invaders were the alewife, zebra mussel and red swamp crayfish.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Minnows and crayfish will be moving around, and aquatic insects will start to hatch.
    John Merwin, Field & Stream, 9 Apr. 2020
  • And the genome is what has allowed researchers to confirm that crayfish from around the world are essentially clones.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2018
  • For color go with fire-tiger, silver with a black or blue back, natural crayfish, and shad.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Anguilla is known for its crayfish—and for good reason!
    Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 18 Oct. 2021
  • These aren't small holes like those created by chipmunks or crayfish or ground-dwelling bees.
    Sallie Lee, AL.com, 8 May 2017
  • Numerous crayfish, shrimp, fish and salamanders can be found in the waters of cave pools.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Hardcore devotees like Sun Yi, 22, traveled 24 hours on a train from his village to join the meetup at one of the crayfish restaurants.
    Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The bass were looking for crayfish, and popping this bait near rocks was a great imitation of a fleeing craw.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The accident left over a million fish and tens of thousands of crayfish and amphibians dead.
    Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Apart from such creatures, Wuhan is famed for peppery frog legs, braised crayfish and spicy duck necks, a favorite drinking snack.
    Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020

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