Main entry: langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster, sea crawfish, crawfish, crayfish
Definition: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Main entry: crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish, crayfish
Definition: small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
Main entry: ecrevisse, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish
Definition: tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
Main entry: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, retreat, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Definition: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Usage: 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