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Noun: rock lobster  rók lób-stu(r)
  1. Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    - spiny lobster, langouste, crayfish
     
  2. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    - spiny lobster, langouste, crawfish [N. Amer], crayfish, sea crawfish [N. Amer]

Derived forms: rock lobsters

Type of: lobster, shellfish

Part of: genus Palinurus, Palinurus

Encyclopedia: Rock lobster

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