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Crawfish - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Crawfish : (noun)
1: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly [syn: crayfish,
crawdad, ecrevisse]
2: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
[syn: crayfish, crawdad, crawdaddy]
3: 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]
(verb)
1: 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" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish out, pull
in one's horns, withdraw]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Crawfish : \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\
(kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. [Corrupted
fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr.
OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish
arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any crustacean of the family Astacid[ae], resembling the
lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes
are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America.
The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to
the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave
is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is
Astacus fluviatilis.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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