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spiny lob·ster

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crayfishnoun

    warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

  2. spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfishnoun

    large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

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  1. spiny lobsternoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Spiny lobster

    Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and The Bahamas, called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish.

Wikidata

  1. Spiny lobster

    Spiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters, are a family of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, sometimes called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish, terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spiny lobster in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spiny lobster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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