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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[i^]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[=a]"f[i^]sh`), n.; pl {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr OE crevis, creves, OF crevice, F. ['e]crevisse, fr OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo["o]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[ae]}, 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}] v : make a retreat; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise" [syn: {retreat}, {back out}, {back away}, {crawfish out}, {withdraw}]
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