Crabfish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crabfish is a noun meaning (archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
Meaning
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
Example Sentences
Cancer fluviatilis, River crabfish, The ashes of these fishes (as Galen saith) are of wonderfull vertue, by the propertie of their substance, against the biting of a mad dogge.
Word Forms
- crabfishes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include potamonid, potamonautid, crestfish, crawlfish, crayfish, crusian.
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