Synonyms of the word

crawfish

• n. (Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Alternative form of crayfish.
• n. (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including…
• v. (colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

crawdad

• n. (US, regional) The crayfish.

crawdaddy

• n. (US) crayfish.

crayfish

• n. Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling…
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
• v. Alternative form of crawfish (to backpedal, desert, or withdraw).

decapod

• adj. (zoology) Having ten legs.
• n. (zoology) Any of various animals having ten legs or similar appendages, especially mollusks such as squid…
• n. (zoology) Any crustacean, of the order Decapoda, such as crabs or lobsters.
• n. (rail transport) A nickname for either the 0-10-0 or 2-10-0 train configurations. Sometimes capitalized.

langouste

• n. The spiny lobster.

lobster

• adj. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
• n. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked,…
• n. A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws,…
• n. (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
• n. (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
• v. To fish for lobsters.

retreat

• n. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
• n. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
• n. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
• n. (rare and obsolete, euphemistic) An peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse;…
• n. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
• n. A period of meditation, prayer or study.
• n. Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
• n. A signal for a military withdrawal.
• n. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
• n. A military ceremony to lower the flag.
• n. (chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
• v. (of military forces) to withdraw from a position, go back.
• v. (of a glacier) to shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.

shellfish

• n. An aquatic invertebrate, such as a mollusc or crustacean, that has a shell, especially as food.

withdraw

• v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
• v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
• v. (intransitive) To retreat.
• v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.