crawfish

Crustaceans (without claws) of the family Palinuridae, also called langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster, sea crayfish. See lobster.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
  Synonyms: crayfish, crawdad, ecrevisse

Meaning #2: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
  Synonyms: crayfish, crawdad, crawdaddy

Meaning #3: 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

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The verb crawfish has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  Synonyms: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - krebs
v. intr. - trække sig tilbage

Nederlands (Dutch)
rivier-/zeekreeft, terugkrabbelen

Français (French)
n. - langouste, écrevisse
v. intr. - se déglonfler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Languste
v. - (Am)(coll) sich dünne machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ποταμοκαραβίδα

Italiano (Italian)
gambero d'acqua dolce, indietreggiare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lagostim (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
рак, пятиться

Español (Spanish)
n. - cangrejo de río, langosta
v. intr. - recular, retroceder, echarse atrás

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kräfta (am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小龙虾, 向后退, 撒手, 退缩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小龍蝦
v. intr. - 向後退, 撒手, 退縮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가재[류], 변절자
v. intr. - 손떼다, 꽁무니 빼다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ザリガニ, イセエビ, しりごみする人
v. - しり込みする, 手を引く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سرطان بحري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סרטן-הנהרות‬
v. intr. - ‮נסוג מעמדה או מהתחייבות‬

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