crawfish in WordNet English dictionary

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"
   retreat  pull back  back out  back away  crawfish  crawfish out  pull in one's horns  withdraw 
   

1. small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
   crayfish  crawfish  crawdad  crawdaddy 
   
2. tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
   crayfish  crawfish  crawdad  ecrevisse 
   
3. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
   spiny lobster  langouste  rock lobster  crawfish  crayfish  sea crawfish