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crawdad (noun)

crawdad /ˈkrɑːˌdæd/ noun

plural crawdads

crawdad

/ˈkrɑːˌdæd/

noun

plural crawdads

Britannica Dictionary definition of CRAWDAD

[count, noncount] US, informal

: crayfish — used especially in the southern U.S.

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