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Crawfish

Alt. of Crayfish

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Verb group 8

Recede 84% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Recede 84% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Retire 84% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Retreat 84% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Retreat 84% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Withdraw 84% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decapod 76% connected

A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lobster 76% connected

Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. v…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shellfish 76% connected

Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Component part 1

Crayfish 70% connected

Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food bo…

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Synonym 4

Crayfish 92% connected

Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food bo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retreat 92% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sea crawfish 92% connected

Alt. of Sea crayfish

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Withdraw 92% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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