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Definition: Astacus |
AstacusNoun1. Type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Astacus \As"ta*cus\, noun. [Latin expression astacus crab, Greek]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AstacusSynonym: genus Astacus (n). (additional references) |
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Due to the American crayfish plague it has been almost wiped out in Europe and has in many European countries been replaced by the North American Signal crayfish, that is resistent to the plague. This, often illegal, implantations of Signal crayfish has made it very difficult to reintroduce the Astacus in the wild as the Signal crayfish, although resistent, does carry the plague and infects lakes and rivers it inhabits.
The Astacus has been added to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In Europe, and in particular in Scandinavia, the Astacus is often considered to be the original and finer, thus more expensive, crayfish.
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 | Astacus similus .... A lobster illustration from early marine fish catalog. In: "Specula physico-mathematico-historica ...." by Johann Zahn.1696 Library Call Number Q155 .Z33 1696. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Astacus fluviatilis, ablatâ Superiori testâ, apertus, ut interiora pateant. / Melchior Haffner sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Expressions using "Astacus": Astacus fluviatilis ♦ Astacus torrentium ♦ genus Astacus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
astacus | 5 |
astacus leptodactylus | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Astacus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 螯 (Astacus fluviatilis, nipper). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | Aphanomycose Astacus sp.(crayfish plague) (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Aphanomykose (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague), Aphanomyces-Krankheit (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague), Krebspest (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | astacusay afanomicose (Aphanomycosis Astacus sp, crayfish plague). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "Astacus" (pronounced 'As"ta*cus'): Abaciscus, Abacus, Amaracus, Ascococcus, Ascus, Asteriscus, Cercus, Circus, Coccus, Cuscus, Cytococcus, Damascus, Ecclesiasticus, Echinococcus, Ficus, Floccus, Glaucus, gonococcus, incus, lemniscus, Leviticus, locus, Lumbricus, Macacus, Mancus, Manducus, meniscus, Micrococcus, Mucus, Opinicus, Ovococcus, Picus, Pneumococcus, Propithecus, Protococcus, Saccus, Sambucus, Spermococcus, streptococcus, succus, sulcus, umbilicus, uncus, Viscus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: ascus, casas, casts, casus, scats, scuta, scuts. | |
-3 letters: acta, acts, casa, cast, cats, cuss, cuts, sacs, scat, scut, tass, taus, utas. | |
-4 letters: aas, act, ass, cat, cut, sac, sat, sau, tas, tau, uta, uts. | |
-5 letters: aa, as, at, ta, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: accusants, sasquatch. | |
+3 letters: acanthuses, casualties, causations, causatives, sacahuista, sacahuiste, sauceboats, sugarcoats. | |
+4 letters: accusations, accusatives, auscultates, casuistical, causalities, coastguards, crustaceans, emasculates, factualisms, factualists, factualness, sacahuistas, sacahuistes, sanctuaries, sarcomatous, sasquatches, surfactants, ultrabasics. | |
+5 letters: accurateness, acousticians, astronautics, emasculators, encapsulates, parachutists, quasicrystal, sacculations, spectaculars, transuranics, unassociated, vasculatures, vulcanisates. | |
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