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View synonyms for crawfish

crawfish

[ kraw-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) craw·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) craw·fish·es.


verb (used without object)

, craw·fished, craw·fish·ing.
  1. Informal. to back out or retreat from a position or undertaking.

crawfish

/ ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. a variant (esp US) of crayfish


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crawfish1

1615–25; earlier crafish, cravish, cravis, variant outcomes of Middle French crevice crayfish

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Example Sentences

Gabrielle Taper, 19, sat next to her two teenage friends and nibbled on crawfish and Andouille, a type of sausage made from pork.

The incident is big news in Breaux Bridge, which bills itself as the “Crawfish Capital of the World.”

Men, she says, worked 24 hours, forced to steam the crawfish and then peel them.

According to the lawsuit, crawfish processors “depend on the H-2B workers,” and new wage hikes “will cripple Louisiana employers.”

On the menu: New Orleans classics, including crawfish, shrimp, and gumbo.

He tells me the crawfish in his stream are better than any in the neighbourhood; the water itself is pure, light, and delicate.

On the 19th I resumed the march to the left and went into line of battle at Crawfish Springs to cover our right and rear.

Out of the beds they scrambled in hot haste, and to each one six or eight of the crawfish were clinging.

The crawfish were still clinging comfortably to various portions of the garments in which the two lads had gone to bed.

But the two lads danced, kicked and beat about them with their arms so that no one could remove the crawfish.

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