(亦作 freshwater crayfish)a nocturnal freshwater crustacean that resembles a small lobster and inhabits streams and rivers. Also called lobster in Australia and New Zealand 淡水螯虾;淡水小龙虾。 澳大利亚和新西兰亦称 lobster
Several genera in the infraorder Astacidea, class Malacostraca, including Astacus of Europe and Cambarus of North America 河螯虾下目中数属,软甲纲,包括欧洲的河螯虾属(拉丁名Astacus)和北美的螯虾属(拉丁名Cambarus) ■(亦作 marine crayfish). another term for spiny lobster 同 spiny lobster
语源
Middle English: from Old French crevice, of Germanic origin and related to German Krebs (see crab). In the 16th cent. or earlier the second syllable was altered by association with fish