Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

synonyms: crawdad, crayfish, ecrevisse.

Polish: szyjki rakowe

Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.

synonyms: crawdad, crawdaddy, crayfish.

Dutch: rivierkreeft
Polish: rak

Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.

synonyms: crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster.

Polish: langusta europejska, czerwona langusta, langusta pospolita, langusta

Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity:
— We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.

synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw.

Dutch: intrekken, terugnemen