crawdad
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈkrɔː.dæd/ us/ˈkrɑː.dæd/
淡水鳌虾（美国方言，同crawfish）
a word used in some parts of the US to mean crayfish (= a small animal living in rivers that is similar to a lobster)
You would scoop up the net and, hopefully, catch a crawdad. 你扯起网来，希望能抓到一只鳌虾。
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- The bullfrogs sit motionless in the water, their toes dangling to sense any movement, such as a crawdad or school of minnows.
- Around here we don't say crawdad, it's crawfish!
- Remember when you were a kid and it was exciting to find a crawdad under an overturned rock.
- New wells are dug for homes, rice plantations and crawdad farms.