Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crabfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crab-fish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.

Archaic

noun

A lobster or crayfish.

Archaic

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."

Etymology

From crab + fish.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

crabfishes (plural)

Questions

What does crabfish mean?: A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
Where does crabfish come from?: From crab + fish.

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