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crawdaddy

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craw⋅dad⋅dy

  [kraw-dad-ee]
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–noun, plural -dies.
crawdad.

craw⋅dad

  [kraw-dad]
–noun
crayfish (def. 1).
Also, crawdaddy.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; craw(fish) + dad (perh. dad 1 ); cf. doodad

cray⋅fish

  [krey-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. Also called crawdad, crawdaddy. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters.
2. any of several similar marine crustaceans, esp. the spiny lobster.
Also, crawfish.

Origin:
1350–1400; alter. (by folk etym.) of ME crevis < MF crevice < OHG krebiz crab 1
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Word Origin & History

crayfish 
c.1400, from O.Fr. crevice (13c.), from Frank. word probably related to crab (cf. O.H.G. krebiz "crab, shellfish"); spelling altered 16c. on influence of fish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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