1. (noun) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
2. (noun) crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
3. (verb) 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
4. (verb) 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"
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