crawdad
/ˈkrɔːdæd/
noun
- A small freshwater animal that looks like a small lobster, often found in streams and rivers; also called a crayfish or crawfish.
- A crawdad scurried backward into its muddy burrow when I got close.
- We had a crawdad boil for dinner, with corn and potatoes.
- The kids spent the afternoon catching crawdads in the creek.