Dictionary

crawfishy en · ADJ

Etymology

From crawfish + -y.

Meanings

1. With crawfish.
   • My head towards the current, I let the crawfishy water run into my mouth, swallowing a little of it at a time. 1938, Allen Tate, The Fathers, Denver, Colo.: Alan Swallow, published 1960, page 263:
   • Debbie sniffed the aroma in the air coming from the kitchen. “I smell somethin’ crawfishy that wants to add more pounds to my already voluptuous curves.” 2014, David Luck, Southern Fried Life, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 8:
   • I wasn’t in the mood for something crawfishy or filled with alligator meat early in the morning. 2015, Mick Carlon, Girl Singer, Fredonia, N.Y.: Leapfrog Press, →ISBN, page 66:
2. Resembling or characteristic of crawfish.
   • What to eat? Humphrey pondered the question / As his cavernous belly a gurgle did make, / Resounding so loud in the water nearby / Two crawfish were sure that their eardrums would break. // Be that as it may, they weren’t in danger / Of being consumed for their crawfishy flavor. / Though related by crust to the diminutive krill, / The dirth^([sic]) of them made them too meager to savor. 2012, Rocky Leplin, Humphrey’s Long Journey Away From the Sea: A Verse Novel, San Francisco, Calif.: Raccoon Press, published June 2016, →ISBN, page 51:
   • The blue misty look rose over green tents; there was the wood smoke smell and one of cooking; rain puddles still steaming dry in shady washed-out places caused a smell like flood, a crawfishy smell of something old, moist and mysterious. 1966, Joan Williams, Old Powder Man, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →LCCN, page 162:
   • Fish Formula “Crawfish” is the latest in their line of products, and it does have a crawfishy smell. 1984 April 29, Jim Strader, “Flavored baits make scents”, in The Courier-Journal, volume 258, number 120, Louisville, Ky., page C 18, column 1:

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Synonyms

crayfishy