Craw·fish Cray·fish, n.; pl. -fishes or -fish.  Zool. Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacidæ (genera Cambarus and Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
 Syn: -- crawdad, crawdaddy.

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 fish
      n 1: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates
           usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the
           shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a
           tank of colorful fish"
      2: the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten
         raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot
         of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have
         a chef who specializes in fish"
      3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
         [syn: Pisces]
      4: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
         about February 19 to March 20 [syn: Pisces, {Pisces the
         Fishes]
      v 1: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: angle]
      2: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go
         fishing on weekends"
      [also: fishes (pl)]


 Fish
    called _dag_ by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity
    (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No fish is mentioned by
    name either in the Old or in the New Testament. Fish abounded in
    the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the
    Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. Two of the
    villages on the shores of the Sea of Galilee derived their names
    from their fisheries, Bethsaida (the "house of fish") on the
    east and on the west. There is probably no other sheet of water
    in the world of equal dimensions that contains such a variety
    and profusion of fish. About thirty-seven different kinds have
    been found. Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as
    the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly
    African and tropical, such as the eel-like silurus. There was a
    regular fish-market apparently in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 33:14; Neh.
    3:3; 12:39; Zeph. 1:10), as there was a fish-gate which was
    probably contiguous to it.

      Sidon is the oldest fishing establishment known in history.