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n. - Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America; Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

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  • (Cancer homarus or ecrevisse-de-mer), is as large as the lobster, but wants its biting claws.
  • The preparation represented absolute perfection in the most indulgent of ingredients for a man who truly knew indulgence ... to the point of becoming a way to live life whether...
  • You would croquer im, like zis ecrevisse, hein?
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