tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

[ Syn: crayfish , crawdad , ecrevisse ]

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

[ Syn: crayfish , crawdad , crawdaddy ]

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 ]

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; Well 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 ones horns , withdraw ]