crawfish
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
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Sense 2 verb
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him
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Sense 3 noun
small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
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Sense 4 noun
large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Old World crayfish |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | American crayfish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shellfish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | retreat |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Astacidae |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decapod |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Old World crayfish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | American crayfish |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Palinurus |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spiny lobster |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lobster |