Spiny lobster Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.

Webster 1913