spiny lobster
spiny lobster
nounDefinition of SPINY LOBSTER
: any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus) distinguished from true lobsters by the simple unenlarged first pair of legs and claws and the spiny carapace
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1819
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