Meanings
plural crawldads · alternative crawl-dad
- USregionalThe crayfish.
“Anybody here every pour concrete?” I asked the group. “I'm not the concrete pourer or the concrete pourer's son ...” came back the cheerful chorus of replies as Quentin, staggering a little, wandered up from the creek to join us, complaining that a crawl-dad had bitten him.
1998, HomerHickam Jr., October Sky, page 140Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, crawlfish, crayfish, mudbug, yabby
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Variant of crawdad, apparently influenced by crawl.
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crawldad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawldad
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