Crawfishes

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crawfishes
       See {crawfish}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crawfish


       n 1: 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}]
       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}]
       [also: {crawfishes} (pl)]