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Crayfish vs Paragonimiasis - What's the difference?

crayfish | paragonimiasis |

As nouns the difference between crayfish and paragonimiasis

is that crayfish is (new england|michigan|wisconsin|minnesota) a freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait while paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly paragonimus westermani , in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

crayfish

English

(wikipedia crayfish)

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
  • (AU, NZ, South Africa) A rock lobster.

    • Usage notes

    The term crayfish'' predominates in the region of New England and in New York, Pennsylvania Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In much of the United States—in the South, especially in Louisiana and Texas; in the Midwest and in the West—''crawfish'' predominates. In a belt stretching across Kentucky through Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in Oregon and northern California, the term ''crawdad predominates.[http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/]

    Synonyms

    * (freshwater crustaceans) crawdad, crawfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

    See also

    * lobster * prawn * shrimp * yabby

    References

    South African English

    paragonimiasis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia paragonimiasis)
  • A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani , in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.