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crawfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish |
| Type of | decapod crustacean, decapod |
| Has types | old world crayfish, ecrevisse, american crayfish |
crawfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster |
| Type of | lobster |
crawfish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw |
| Verb group | recede, retreat, withdraw, draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire |
We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.
Examples of crawfish
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The students are very excited that their Bess beetles and crawfish have arrived.
From the tennessean.com
A hot bar will serve shrimp and sausage etouffee, jambalaya and boiled crawfish.
From the news-journalonline.com
Ten minutes before serving, add crawfish tails and bring back to a light simmer.
From the omaha.com
Rather than stopping a sewer line or bridge crossing, the crawfish can be moved.
From the tennessean.com
Crawfish brought in from mainland Louisiana is all Carmadelle really has to sell.
From the time.com
For a few moments he looked me up and down like I imagined a cat does a crawfish.
From the sfgate.com
The band plays at company functions such as Halloween parties and crawfish boils.
From the chron.com
Dress rolls with mayo, lettuce, tomato and pickles and top with fried crawfish.
From the bostonherald.com
Like oysters, Creole tomatoes and crawfish, things are better at the proper time.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Crayfish: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
- Retreat: 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"
- Crayfish: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- Spiny lobster: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, or mudbugs, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills...
- Alternative form of crayfish; To backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with out
- Resembling lobsters, but are much smaller and have sweeter meat, also called "mudbugs."
- Spicy fresh water shell fish, also known as "mudbugs" from the bayous!
- Small fresh water crustaceans similar to lobsters only smaller. A favorite food of bass. This term also describes a reddish color used in many lure designs.
