Definition of crawfish Crawfish

/kɹɔˈfɪˌʃ/ - [krofish] - craw•fish

We found 8 definitions of crawfish from 5 different sources.

What does crawfish mean?

Noun
crawfish - small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
		crayfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
		decapod crustacean, decapod crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
		astacidae, astacura, family astacidae crayfish
		old world crayfish, ecrevisse small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
crawfish - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
		spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea crawfish
		lobster any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
		genus palinurus, palinurus type genus of the family Palinuridae
crawfish - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
		crayfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
		shellfish meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
		american crayfish common large crayfishes of eastern North America
Verb
crawfish - 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"
		retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw