rock lobster

rock lobster

n. See spiny lobster.

rock lobster

n (Animals) another name for the spiny lobster

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.	rock lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and Californiacrayfish, langouste, spiny 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.	rock lobster - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsterssea crawfish, spiny lobster, langouste, 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

Translations

langouste