crawfishes
Reverses one's position
Crawfish is the most common name in American English for a small, freshwater relative of the lobster.
The species found in America is also called crayfish in the U.S. and the U.K.
In British English, crawfish refers to a different kind of crustacean that is closely related to the spiny lobster and is found in salt water.
To crawfish is a verb that means to retreat from an earlier position, but it is not very common.
Freshwater shellfish, Louisiana staple
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- pincersGripping tool or claws
- lobsterLarge marine shellfish
shellfish · burrows · molting · exoskeleton · antennae · tail · aquatic · crustaceans
Reversing one's position
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- backing outWithdrawing from a commitment
- renegingFailing to keep commitments
retreating · recanting · backing down · flip-flopping · hedging · waffling · retracting · walking back
mudbugs
Freshwater shellfish, Louisiana staple
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- pincersGripping tool or claws
lobster · shellfish · burrows · molting · exoskeleton · antennae · tail · aquatic · crustaceans · streams
backpedaling
Reversing one's position
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
- backing outWithdrawing from a commitment
reneging · retreating · recanting · backing down · flip-flopping · hedging · waffling · retracting · walking back · capitulating
boil
Heat to bubbling point
jambalaya · seasoning · mudbugs · peeling · corn · potatoes · andouille · New Orleans · creole · garlic butter
crawfishesadvances
Forward movements or progress
forges ahead · proceeds · progresses · presses on · moves forward
- crawfish boilSeasoned freshwater crustacean meal
- crawfish pieBaked Louisiana shellfish dish
- crawfish etouffeeSmothered freshwater crustacean dish
- crawfish bisqueCreamy shellfish soup, Southern style
- crawfish trapDevice for catching freshwater crustaceans