crawfish

crawfish (http://definr.com/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]