Crayfish vs Tilapia - What's the difference?
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(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.
South African English
Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia , native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
* 2006 , , “Bottom of the World”:
As nouns the difference between crayfish and tilapia
is that crayfish is a freshwater crustacean (Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait while tilapia is any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.crayfish
English
(wikipedia crayfish)Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)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 * yabbyReferences
tilapia
English
(wikipedia tilapia)Noun
(en-noun)- Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron
- On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan.