|
Definition of Crawfish
1. Verb. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
Exact synonyms: Back Away, Back Out, Crawfish Out, Pull Back, Pull In One's Horns, Retreat, Withdraw
Related verbs: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Pull Back, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Withdrawal, Withdrawer, Withdrawer
Related verbs: Draw Back, Move Back, Pull Away, Pull Back, Recede, Retire, Retreat, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Withdrawal, Withdrawer, Withdrawer
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
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
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
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]