crawdads
Mini lobster cousins
Crawdads are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, found in streams, ponds, and muddy burrows across North America.
The word is regional American English, used interchangeably with crayfish and crawfish depending on where you are: We caught crawdads in the creek behind the house.
They're eaten in Cajun cuisine and used as fishing bait.
Ten-appendaged arthropod or cephalopod
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- chelaePincer-like appendages
- pincersGripping tool or claws
antennae · gills · molting · tail · abdomen · cephalothorax · burrow · mudbugs
Smothered Cajun shellfish dish
- boilHeat to bubbling point
- gumboSpiced Louisiana stew
- jambalayaSpicy Louisiana rice dish
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
potatoes · andouille · cayenne · peeling · mudbugs · bayou · roux · spicy
Steady continuous flow
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- pondSmall still body
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
mudflat · freshwater · sediment · rocks · hiding · riverbank · bayou · swamp
decapod
Ten-appendaged arthropod or cephalopod
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- chelaePincer-like appendages
pincers · antennae · gills · molting · tail · abdomen · cephalothorax · burrow · mudbugs · yabbies
etouffee
Smothered Cajun shellfish dish
creole · potatoes · andouille · cayenne · peeling · mudbugs · bayou · roux · spicy · po'boy
stream
Steady continuous flow
burrow · mudflat · freshwater · sediment · rocks · hiding · riverbank · bayou · swamp · ecosystem
fishing
Catching aquatic creatures
angling · bass · catfish · trout · trotline · soft-shell · tail · catch · bucket · cast
Appalachia
Eastern U.S. mountain region
rural · backwoods · country · folktale · childhood · barefoot · summer · nostalgia · coming-of-age · delta
- seafoodfish, shrimp, crab, lobster, salmon
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- crustaceanscrabs, crab, prawn, lobster, lobsters
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
- Cajun LouisianaAcadiana, Cajun, bayou, Cajun culture, gumbo
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait
crawdadslobsters
Large edible sea crustaceans
spiny lobsters · Maine lobsters · sea creatures · shrimp · prawns