crawfish - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• crawfish
• crayfish
• langouste
• rock lobster
• sea crawfish
• spiny lobster

More generic

• lobster

Related

• crayfish
• langouste
• rock lobster
• spiny lobster

Related

• Palinurus
• genus Palinurus

Noun

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Synonyms

• crawdad
• crawdaddy
• crawfish
• crayfish

More generic

• decapod
• decapod crustacean

More specific

• American crayfish
• Old World crayfish
• ecrevisse

Related

• Astacidae
• Astacura
• family Astacidae

Noun

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Synonyms

• crawdad
• crawfish
• crayfish
• ecrevisse

More generic

• shellfish

Related

• American crayfish
• Old World crayfish
• ecrevisse

Verb

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Synonyms

• back away
• back out
• crawfish
• crawfish out
• pull back
• pull in one's horns
• retreat
• withdraw

Related

• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• recede
• retire
• retreat
• withdraw

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