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[syn: spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea crawfish \Sea" craw"fish`\ Sea crayfish \Sea" cray"fish`\
(Zool.)
Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as
the European spiny lobster (Palinurus vulgaris), which is
much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea crawfish
n 1: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but
lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: spiny
lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish,
crayfish, sea crawfish]