astacus
IPA: ʌstˈækɪs
noun
- type genus of the family astacidae; old world crayfish
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Examples of "astacus" in Sentences
- It has wiped out large populations of Astacus.
- Astacus leptodactylus favour relatively still water as in lakes and canals.
- The arms show a black European crayfish Astacus astacus on a gold background.
- Among his Malacostraca he compares point by point the external parts of the carabus (_Palinurus_), and the astacus (_Homarus_), and he compares also the general internal anatomy of the various "genera" he distinguishes.