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Definition:

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

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster;

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly;

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";

Hyponyms: Old World crayfish, ecrevisse, American crayfish

Grouped Verbs: withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

Part Meronyms: American crayfish, Old World crayfish, ecrevisse

Member Meronyms: Palinurus, genus Palinurus, Astacidae, family Astacidae, Astacura

Derivational Morphology: withdrawer, withdrawal

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