| 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
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(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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| Noun | 1. |  spiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and Californiasea 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 lobsterslobster - 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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