spiny lobster

spiny lobster

n. Any of various edible marine decapod crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, having a spiny carapace and long antennae and lacking claws. Also called crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crayfish.

spiny lobster

n (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 or langouste

spin′y lob′ster

n. any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking large pincers. [1810–20]

Thesaurus

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 Californiacrayfish, langouste, rock lobstersea crawfish, spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobstersshellfish - 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 lobsterssea crawfish, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfishlobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridaegenus Palinurus, Palinurus - type genus of the family Palinuridaecrayfish, 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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