cray
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9.3
- noun
- Australian
:
langosta espinosa
Examples
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I think the people of these states need to get these crays out of office!
Blog text (6) -
The whole lot: driving cray boats, cray fishing, trawling.
Academic text (2010) -
I'll admit I can get a little cray-cray about repurposing things that most might just throw away.
Blog text (27) -
We all know you're going through something, but you're cray-cray.
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The restaurant serves a delicious cray that is popular among locals and tourists alike.
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On our trip to New Zealand, we enjoyed a fresh cray while dining by the ocean.
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He caught a large cray during his fishing trip, making it the highlight of the evening.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large sea animal with a hard shell and big claws that people eat
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2.8
A large sea animal like a lobster with a spiny shell that people eat
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4.2
A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws, often eaten in warm seas
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3.8
A large sea animal with a spiny shell and no big claws eaten as food
A large sea animal with a spiny shell you can eat and no big claws
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cray is a common Australian and New Zealand short name for crayfish, the shellfish people eat. Because it comes from that name, cray is used to mean a large spiny lobster or similar sea animal.