How to Use crawdad in a Sentence

crawdad

noun
  • The occasional crawdad skittered backward across the tops of my toes, and minnows nibbled at my leg hairs.
    David Frese, kansascity, 27 Apr. 2018
  • According to McNeill, Banklick Creek is a viable, healthy ecosystem that supports wildlife from deer, fox, coyote, beaver and mink, to fish, frogs and crawdads.
    Melissa Reinert, Cincinnati.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The crawfish—also known in English as crayfish, mudbug and crawdad and in German as Sumpfkrebs or swamp crab—is a freshwater cousin of the ocean lobster and shrimp.
    William Boston, WSJ, 8 May 2018
  • Iowa is really proud of those giant colored crawdads, price-wise.
    Kansascity, kansascity.com, 22 June 2017
  • Largemouth bass continue to be the top species as the bass are holding in current and becoming very active, feeding on the abundant threadfin shad and crawdads.
    sacbee, 10 Oct. 2017
  • What's new: A half-dozen dishes recently joined the menu, such as ahi nachos with ponzu and macadamia nuts, grilled cheese with crab claw meat, and a Creole burrito with cod, andouille sausage and crawdads.
    Allen Pierleoni, sacbee, 18 May 2018
  • Southerners tell colorful stories, and eat colorful foods like orange crawdads, turnip greens, drippy red barbecue sauce, homegrown tomatoes and sweet potato pie.
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 29 Nov. 2019

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