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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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiny Lobster

spinula spinulae spinule spinules spinulose spinward spinworthy 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

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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