crawdaddies
Small lobster relatives
Crawdaddies is the plural of crawdaddy, an informal American term for crayfish—small freshwater crustaceans resembling miniature lobsters.
The word is especially common in Southern and Midwestern dialects: We caught crawdaddies in the creek behind the house.
Also spelled crawdad.
Heat to bubbling point
- étoufféeCajun smothered shellfish dish
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- gumboSpiced Louisiana stew
jambalaya · peeling · seasoning · corn · potatoes · mudbugs · purging · live
Large edible sea crustaceans
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- crabsClawed marine decapods
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- chelaePincer-like appendages
claws · pincers · antennae · carapace · tail · molting · decapods · arthropods
Freshwater shellfish, Louisiana staple
boil
Heat to bubbling point
gumbo · jambalaya · peeling · seasoning · corn · potatoes · mudbugs · purging · live · pound
lobsters
Large edible sea crustaceans
- shrimpSmall edible crustacean
- crabsClawed marine decapods
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
chelae · claws · pincers · antennae · carapace · tail · molting · decapods · arthropods · gills
mudbugs
Freshwater shellfish, Louisiana staple
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
river · muddy · burrows · rocks · benthic · aquatic · riverbank · watershed · riparian · silt
bait
Lure for prey
lure · hook · line · creel · bucket · net · trotline · waders · riverbank · sportfishing
crawdaddieslobsters
Large edible sea crustaceans
Maine lobsters · spiny lobsters · sea creatures · king crabs · shrimp
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