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 ;

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" ;