What is "crawfish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does crawfish mean in English? Meaning of crawfish definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "crawfish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "crawfish": tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Noun

  • Meaning: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  • Synonyms: crawdad crawfish crayfish ecrevisse
  • Hypernyms: shellfish
  • Meaning of "crawfish": make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    Verb

  • Meaning: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: back away back out crawfish crawfish out pull back pull in one's horns retreat withdraw
  • Meaning of "crawfish": small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

    Noun

  • Meaning: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  • Synonyms: crawdad crawdaddy crawfish crayfish
  • Hyponyms: american crayfish ecrevisse old world crayfish
  • Hypernyms: decapod decapod crustacean
  • Meaning of "crawfish": large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

    Noun

  • Meaning: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
  • Synonyms: crawfish crayfish langouste rock lobster sea crawfish spiny lobster
  • Hypernyms: lobster
  • Part Holonyms: crayfish langouste rock lobster spiny lobster
  • Synonyms:

    clam, crustacean, mollusk, barnacle, snail, scallop, conch, prawn, shrimp, lobster, mussel, oyster, whelk, piddock, crayfish, back out, retreat, withdraw, backpedal, pull back,

    Antonyms:

    move forward, stay,

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    crawfish in English: crawfish
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