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marbled crayfish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
mar-bled cray-fish
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Procambarus virginalis; an all-female species of crayfish that reproduces without sex.

Uncountable

noun

An individual of the species.

Countable

Etymology

Calque of German Marmorkrebs, from Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

marbled crayfishes (plural) Marmorkrebs (alternative)

Synonyms

Marmorkrebs Procambarus virginalis Procambarus fallax virginalis Procambarus fallax forma virginalis

Questions

What does marbled crayfish mean?
Procambarus virginalis; an all-female species of crayfish that reproduces without sex.
Where does marbled crayfish come from?
Calque of German Marmorkrebs, from Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).

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