Crawfish - Definition

n 1: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn:
crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse]
2: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn: crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy]
3: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: spiny
lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish,
crayfish, sea crawfish]
v 1: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]