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    ROCK LOBSTER

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    crawfish; crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; sea crawfish; spiny lobster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("rock lobster" is a kind of...):

    lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)

    Meronyms (parts of "rock lobster"):

    crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; spiny lobster (warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California)

    Holonyms ("rock lobster" is a member of...):

    genus Palinurus; Palinurus (type genus of the family Palinuridae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; spiny lobster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("rock lobster" is a kind of...):

    shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

    Holonyms ("rock lobster" is a part of...):

    crawfish; crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; sea crawfish; spiny lobster (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)

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