marbled crayfish
English
A marbled crayfish
Etymology
Calque of German Marmorkrebs, from Marmor (“marble”) + Krebs (“crab”).
Alternative forms
- Marmorkrebs
Noun
marbled crayfish (countable and uncountable, plural marbled crayfish or marbled crayfishes)
- (uncountable) Procambarus virginalis; an all-female species of crayfish that reproduces without sex.
- (countable) An individual of the species.
Synonyms
- Marmorkrebs
- Procambarus virginalis
- Procambarus fallax virginalis
- Procambarus fallax forma virginalis
Hypernyms
- decapod
- crustacean
- crayfish
- Procambarus
- Procambarus fallax (when treated as a subspecies or breed)