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Definition 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.

2. Noun. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.

Definition of Spiny lobster

1. Noun. a crustacean superficially resembling a true lobster, belonging to the ''Palinuridae'' family. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiny Lobster

spinula spinulae spinule spinules spinulescent spinulose spinward spinworthy spiny spiny-finned fish

spiny-headed worm spiny anteater spiny anteaters spiny dogfish spiny lizard spiny lobster (current term) spiny lobsters spiny oyster spiny puffer spiny softshell

spiny softshell turtle spiny spider crab spiny spider crabs spiny talinum spinyhead spiodea spionkopite spiperone spir- spirable

Literary usage of Spiny lobster

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1. The Penal Code of the State of California: Adopted February 14, 1872, with by California, James Henry Deering, Charles Howard Fairall (1915)
"Any person who shall at any time, pickle, can or otherwise preserve any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister), or who shall at any ..."

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