crawfish
n 1: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: crayfish,
crawdad, ecrevisse]
2: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn: crayfish, 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, crayfish, sea
crawfish]
v : 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 out, pull
in one's horns, withdraw]
[also: crawfishes (pl)]