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Crawfish   /krˈɔfˌɪʃ/   Listen
noun
Crayfish, Crawfish  n.  (pl. crayfishes or crayfish)  (Zool.)
1.
Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacidae (genera Cambarus and Cambarus), 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.
Synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy.
2.
Tiny lobsterlike crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
Synonyms: crawdad, ecrevisse.
3.
A large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Synonyms: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfish, sea crawfish.



verb
crawfish  v. i.  To back out in a humilating manner; as, We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.
Synonyms: retreat, back out, back away, crawfish out, withdraw.






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"Crawfish" Quotes from Famous Books



... friends running from the river; each carried a handkerchief filled with some new acquisition, and Francis had over his shoulder a small fishing-net. Jack reached us first, and threw down before us from his handkerchief some fine crawfish. They had each as many, forming a provision for ...
— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island • Johann David Wyss

... impair the health of its owner when it succeeds in escaping and returning to him. Miss Kingsley knew a Kruman who became very anxious about his soul, because for several nights he had smelt in his dreams the savoury smell of smoked crawfish seasoned with red pepper. Clearly some ill-wisher had set a trap baited with this dainty for his dream-soul, intending to do him grievous bodily, or rather spiritual, harm; and for the next few nights great pains were taken to keep his soul from straying abroad ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... Sunday mornin' he preached 'Every kind of fish is caught in a net' and that night he preached 'Marvel not you must be born again.' But that mornin' sermon, it capped the climax. Parson sho told em bout it. He say, 'First, they catch the crawfish, and that fish ain't worth much; anybody that gets back from duty or one which says I will and then won't is a crawfish Christian.' Then he say, 'The next is a mudcat; this kind of a fish likes dark trashy places. When you catch em you won't do it in front water; it ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 • Works Projects Administration

... report. Over the past few weeks, we've all learned what was tucked away behind a little comma here and there. For example, there's millions for items such as cranberry research, blueberry research, the study of crawfish, and the commercialization of wildflowers. And that's not to mention the five or so million ($.5 million) that—so that people from developing nations could come here to watch Congress at work. I won't even touch that. ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... lobsters and crawfish," remarked the mermaid. "They are very intelligent creatures, and by making them serve us we save ourselves much household work. Of course, they are awkward and provoke us sometimes, but no servants are perfect, it is said, so we get along ...
— The Sea Fairies • L. Frank Baum


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