A crayfish is also called a crawfish. Colloquial terms include crawdads, mudbugs, and yabbies.
Carapace
Crawdad
another crayfish so when they grow up they can..... you know.... "stuff"
If it was injured or sick it may see the other as a weakness in its community
Mudkip
A cray is another term for a crayfish or a lobster.
Another name for crawdads is crayfish. The white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobias Pallipes) is found in Ireland.
Rock Lobster!
Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs, and yabbies; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea.
The plural of "crayfish" can be either "crayfish" or "crayfishes." Both forms are accepted, with "crayfish" being more commonly used. The term refers to multiple individuals of the same species, similar to how the word "fish" can refer to multiple fish of the same or different species.
Usually in New Zealand it is called crayfish but also known as rock lobster. There are two main species of crayfish (Koura) in New Zealand; the Spiny Crayfish or Koura Papatea (Jasus edwardsii) and the Packhorse Crayfish or Pawharu (Jasus verreauxi).
Crawdad, but most people will use the word 'crayfish'.