noun
- Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California.
- synonyms: langouste, rock lobster, crayfish
- Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
- synonyms: langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish
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