Astacus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. ·see Crawfish.

Related Words

Astacus
A´STACUS(Ἄστακος: Eth. Ἀνστακηνίς, Ἀστάκιος), a town on the W. coast of Acarnania, on the bay now ca...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
astacus
astăcus, i, m., = ἄστακος, a kind of crab , Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 9. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Astacus
Astăcus, i, m., = Ἄστακος, the father of Menalippus , who is hence called Astacides, Ov. Ib. 513...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.