crawfish

noun

  1. 1

    large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

  2. 2

    small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

  3. 3

    tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

verb

  1. 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

Synonyms

Also useful for “crawfish”:Unscrambler