crawfishes
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craw·fish
[kraw-fish] noun, plural (especially collectively) craw·fish (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) craw·fish·es, verb noun
1.
verb (used without object)
2.
Informal. to back out or retreat from a position or undertaking.
Origin:
1615–25; earlier crafish, cravish, cravis, variant outcomes of Middle French crevice crayfish
1615–25; earlier crafish, cravish, cravis, variant outcomes of Middle French crevice crayfish
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crayfish or esp (US) crawfish (ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -fish, -fishes | |
| 1. | any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, resembling a small lobster |
| 2. | any of various similar crustaceans, esp the spiny lobster |
| [C14: cray, by folk etymology, from Old French crevice crab, from Old High German krebiz + | |
| crawfish or esp (US) crawfish | |
| —n | |
| [C14: cray, by folk etymology, from Old French crevice crab, from Old High German krebiz + | |
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Word Origin & History
crawfish
1624, generally dismissed by British etymologists as a 19c. Amer.Eng. variant of crayfish (q.v.), but it apparently existed in M.E.
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