spiny lobster

/ˌspaɪni ˌlɑbstər/

Other forms: spiny lobsters

Definitions of spiny lobster

1. noun

   warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
   synonyms: crayfish, langouste, rock lobster

   type of:

   shellfish

   meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
2. noun

   large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
   synonyms: crawfish, crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish

   type of:

   lobster

   any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae