Astacus

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Updated June 2026

Definition

A genus of Old World freshwater crayfish forming the type genus of the family Astacidae.

“The species described in the eighteenth-century catalogue was assigned to the genus astacus.”

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crayfish

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Ends in -ACUS, a Latinate suffix common in taxonomy, the ST cluster near the start is a recognisable pattern

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A taxonomic proper noun, generally invalid in competitive Scrabble, the C and U add modest tile value

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