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Tadpole vs Crayfish - What's the difference?

tadpole | crayfish |

As nouns the difference between tadpole and crayfish

is that tadpole is a young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills while crayfish is a freshwater crustacean (Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

tadpole

English

(wikipedia tadpole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
  • A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.

    • Synonyms

    * (toad or frog larva ): polliwog * porriwiggle (-)

    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