ECREVISSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ecrevisse mean? 

• ECREVISSE (noun)
  The noun ECREVISSE has 2 senses:

1. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

2. small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America

  Familiarity information: ECREVISSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECREVISSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

crawdad; crawfish; crayfish; ecrevisse

Hypernyms ("ecrevisse" is a kind of...):

shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Holonyms ("ecrevisse" is a part of...):

ecrevisse; Old World crayfish (small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America)

American crayfish (common large crayfishes of eastern North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ecrevisse; Old World crayfish

Hypernyms ("ecrevisse" is a kind of...):

crawdad; crawdaddy; crawfish; crayfish (small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)

Meronyms (parts of "ecrevisse"):

crawdad; crawfish; crayfish; ecrevisse (tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)

Holonyms ("ecrevisse" is a member of...):

Astacus; genus Astacus (type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish)