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Noun: ecrevisse
  1. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
    - crayfish, crawfish [N. Amer], crawdad [N. Amer]
     
  2. Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
    - Old World crayfish

Derived forms: ecrevisses

Type of: crawdad [N. Amer], crawdaddy [N. Amer], crawfish [N. Amer], crayfish, shellfish

Part of: American crayfish, Astacus, genus Astacus