HyperDic: rock_lobster

English > 2 senses of the expression rock lobster:
NOUNfoodrock lobster, spiny lobster, langouste, crayfishwarm-water lobsters without claws
animalrock lobster, spiny lobster, langouste, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfishlarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
English > rock lobster: 2 senses > noun 1, food
Meaningwarm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California.
Synonymsspiny lobster, langouste, crayfish
Part ofspiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfishlarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Broadershellfishmeat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Spanishlangosta
Catalanllagosta
English > rock lobster: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaninglarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Synonymsspiny lobster, langouste, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish
Member ofPalinurus, genus Palinurustype genus of the family Palinuridae
Partsspiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfishwarm-water lobsters without claws
BroaderlobsterAny of several edible marine crustaceans of the families ... / families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
Spanishbogavante, cámbaro, langosta
Catalanllagosta

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