Crossword puzzle clue "crabs and crayfish"

DECAPOD, any ten-legged crustacean, including shrimps and lobsters

(Native American) a marshy offshoot of a lake or river

(Greek) a pincerlike claw

to scratch with sharp, curved toenails

a crayfish, also CRAWDADDY

a member of the crustacea, a large class of arthropod animals with hard shells

(French) a Cajun stew

any of a group of gregarious wading birds of warm and tropical climates