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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



... for him. You must admit that this young fellow was not born to eat all the good things he does eat; for instance, such things as we have on the table now; this pasty that has not been touched, these crawfish from the River Marne, of which we have hardly taken any, and which are almost as large as lobsters; all these things will at once be taken to second Bertaudiere, with a bottle of that Volnay which you think so excellent. After you have seen it you ...
— Ten Years Later • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... 'fairs, en splained der bizness. Bimeby, w'ile dey wuz 'sputin' 'longer one er nudder, de Elephant trompled on one er de Crawfishes. Co'se w'en dat creetur put his foot down, w'atsumever's under dar wuz boun' fer ter be squshed, en dey wa'n't nuff er dat Crawfish lef' fer ter tell dat he'd ...
— Uncle Remus • Joel Chandler Harris

... his head he wore a plumed head-dress of green, the royal color. When Cortes with his staff approached the building set apart for their quarters, Moteczuma awaited them in the courtyard. From a vase of flowers held by an attendant he took a massive gold collar, in which the shell of a certain crawfish was set in gold and connected by golden links. Eight golden ornaments a span long, wrought to represent the same shell-fish, hung from this chain. Moteczuma hung the necklace about the neck of Cortes with a graceful ...
— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey

... is one of the most delicious sauces for baked fish of any kind, although usually associated with sole. To half a pint of Spanish sauce add a dozen mushrooms sliced in half, a dozen small oysters with the beards removed, and a dozen crawfish, if they are to be had, or their place may be taken by a tablespoonful of shrimps picked (canned shrimps, washed and dried, answer very well), one tablespoonful of essence of anchovy, and just a ...
— Choice Cookery • Catherine Owen

... made preparations to hold all the roads leading to Chattanooga east of the mountains. Van Cleve went to Crawfish Springs, Palmer to Gowan's Ford, McCook with several divisions took a mountain road to Stevens' Gap, to join Thomas, Sheridan marched down Lookout Valley to Johnson's Creek, and the cavalry went to Dougherty's Gap and McLemore's Cove. Thus were the three columns, right, centre, and left, once ...
— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic


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