(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:56:17

As"ta*cus (#), n. [L. astacus a crab, Gr. .] Zool.

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

 

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