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crawfishes
     See {crawfish}

crawfish
     n 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}]
     [also: {crawfishes} (pl)]

crawfish
     v : 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}]
     [also: {crawfishes} (pl)]