Definition of Crawfish

1. Verb. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"


2. Noun. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
Exact synonyms: Crawdad, Crayfish, Ecrevisse
Group relationships: Ecrevisse, Old World Crayfish, American Crayfish
Generic synonyms: Shellfish

3. Noun. Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
Exact synonyms: Crawdad, Crawdaddy, Crayfish
Generic synonyms: Decapod, Decapod Crustacean
Group relationships: Astacidae, Astacura, Family Astacidae
Specialized synonyms: Ecrevisse, Old World Crayfish, American Crayfish

4. Noun. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Exact synonyms: Crayfish, Langouste, Rock Lobster, Sea Crawfish, Spiny Lobster
Generic synonyms: Lobster
Group relationships: Genus Palinurus, Palinurus
Terms within: Crayfish, Langouste, Rock Lobster, Spiny Lobster

Definition of Crawfish

1. n. Any crustacean of the family Astacidæ, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

Definition of Crawfish

1. Noun. (dialect Southern US) (alternative form of crayfish) ¹

2. Verb. (dialect Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with ''out'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crawfish

1. to back out or retreat [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawfish

craver
cravers
craves
cravest
craveth
craving
cravingly
cravingness
cravings
craw
craw-craw
crawdad
crawdaddies
crawdaddy
crawdads
crawfish (current term)
crawfish out
crawfished
crawfishes
crawfishing
crawfordite
crawk
crawked
crawking
crawks
crawl
crawl in
crawl space
crawl spaces
crawl with

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