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Millipede vs Crayfish - What's the difference?

millipede | crayfish |

As nouns the difference between millipede and crayfish

is that millipede is any of many elongated arthropods, of the class diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments while crayfish is (new england|michigan|wisconsin|minnesota) a freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

millipede

English

(wikipedia millipede)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
  • * 1993 , Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour , page 14,
    • With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
  • * 2005 , Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects , page 276,
    • When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these[intersegmental] muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
  • * 2006', Boris A. Byzov, ''4: Intestinal Microbiota of '''Millipedes'' , Helmut König, Ajit Varma (editors), ''Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates , page 89,
    • Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.

    See also

    * centipede * myriapod

    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