What is "crawfishes"

n. (plural of crawfish English)

See crawfish

1. n. 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]

4. [also: crawfishes (pl)]

1. v. 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" [syn: retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]

2. [also: crawfishes (pl)]