noun
- a freshwater crustacean resembling a small lobster
Usage: chiefly Southern and Midwestern US
Examples
- We caught crawdads in the creek behind our house.
- The restaurant serves crawdad étouffee as a specialty dish.
- Children love hunting for crawdads under rocks in shallow streams.
- My grandmother used to boil crawdads with corn and potatoes.
- The crawdad backed into its muddy burrow when we approached.
- Local fishermen use crawdads as bait for catching bass.