Definition of "crawdad" [craw•dad]

• Chiefly Southern & Western U.S. See crayfish. (noun)

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• "Glorvigen's favorite spring cranks are ½-ounce Rat-L-Traps and Berkley Frenzy Rattl'rs, both in crawdad patterns."
• "Since 1983, the state crustacean of Louisiana has been the crawfish, aka the crawdad or crayfish."
• "Another thing is if you are fishing a pond that doesn't have a very good crawdad population, then maybe the fish just don't want to bite a jig."