crayfish

Crayfish has 2 syllables: cray · fish.

noun. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

noun. Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.

noun. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.

noun. Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California.