sea crawfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    crawfish; langouste; rock lobster; spiny lobster; crayfish.

WordNet

Sea" craw"fish`, Sea" cray"fish` (Also<
  • Sea crawfish
  • Sea crayfish
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any crustacean of the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P. vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.

Webster 1913