crevis

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crayfish”). Doublet of crevette, crayfish, crawfish, and Krebs. ==== Noun ==== crevis (plural crevises) (UK, dialect) The crayfish. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== crevis (plural crevises) Alternative form of crevice. === Anagrams === scrive == Middle English == === Alternative forms === crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys === Etymology === From Old French crevice, from Frankish *krebitja, diminutive of Frankish *krebit (“crab”), from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkrɛvis(ə)/, /ˈkrɛviːs(ə)/ === Noun === crevis (plural crevis or crevesses) crayfish, lobster ==== Descendants ==== English: crevis, ⇒ crayfish, crawfish (influenced by fish) ==== References ==== “crevī̆se, n. sg. & pl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 July 2018.