Definitions for crawfish

Overview of noun crawfish

The noun crawfish has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse

(tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly)

2. crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy

(small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster)

3. spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish

(large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)

Overview of verb crawfish

The verb crawfish has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

(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")