1. A freshwater crustacean with a hard shell and claws, similar to a small lobster; a crayfish.
Usage: informal; chiefly Southern U.S.

Examples

• The children caught crawdaddies in the creek with their bare hands.
• We boiled a pot of crawdaddies for the seafood dinner.
• The crawdaddy hid under a rock in the stream.
• Crawdaddies are a popular food in Louisiana cuisine.
• He used a crawdaddy as bait to catch bass.