Crawfish vs. Lobster

Crawfishnoun

alternative form of crayfish

Crawfishnoun

A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).

Crawfishverb

To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

Crawfishnoun

Any decapod crustacean of the family Astacidæ (genera Cambarus and Cambarus), resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

Crawfishnoun

tiny lobsterlike crustaceans usually boiled briefly.

Crawfishnoun

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

Crawfishverb

to back out in a humilating manner; as, We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.

Crawfishnoun

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Crawfishnoun

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Crawfishnoun

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

Crawfishverb

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;

Lobsteradjective

red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Lobsternoun

A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.

Lobsternoun

A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.

Lobsternoun

A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

Lobsternoun

(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Lobsterverb

To fish for lobsters.

Lobsternoun

Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

Lobsternoun

As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.

Lobsternoun

flesh of a lobster

Lobsternoun

any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

Lobster

Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homeridae) of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters have long bodies with muscular tails, and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor.