rock lobster

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rock lobster

(Animals) another name for the spiny lobster

spin′y lob′ster

any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking large pincers.

[1810–20]

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Noun	1.	rock 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, spiny 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.	rock lobster - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters sea crawfish, spiny lobster, langouste, 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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langouste

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Johnston D, Melville-Smith R, Hendriks B, Maguire GB, Phillips B (2006) Stocking density and shelter type for the optimal growth and survival of western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus (George).

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