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spiny lobster
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spiny lobster
n.
Any of various edible marine decapod crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, having a spiny carapace and lacking the large pincers characteristic of true lobsters. Also called crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crayfish.
spiny lobster
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various large edible marine decapod crustaceans of the genus Palinurus and related genera, having a very tough spiny carapace Also called rock lobster crawfish langouste
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Noun1.spiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without clawsspiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
crayfish, langouste, rock lobster
sea crawfish, spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
2.spiny lobster - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobstersspiny lobster - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
sea crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish
lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
genus Palinurus, Palinurus - type genus of the family Palinuridae
crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
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