spiny lobster
Noun 1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California (synonym) langouste, rock lobster, crayfish (hypernym) shellfish (part-holonym) langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish 2. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters (synonym) langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish (hypernym) lobster (member-holonym) Palinurus, genus Palinurus (part-meronym) langouste, rock lobster, crayfish | ||||
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spiny lobster
spiny lobster
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1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from australia and south africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in florida and california [syn: langouste, rock lobster , crayfish]
2. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish]
spiny lobster
n
1. warm-water lobsters without claws; those from australia and south africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in florida and california [syn: langouste, rock lobster , crayfish]
2. large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish]
Spiny lobster Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Spiny lobster
Spiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish. Like true lobsters, spiny lobsters are edible and are an economically significant food source; they are the biggest food export of the Bahamas .
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