rock lobster

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsspiny lobsterlangoustecrayfish

   Broadershellfish

   Part ofspiny lobster
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsspiny lobsterlangoustecrawfishcrayfishsea crawfish

   Broaderlobster

   Part ofPalinurus

   Partsspiny lobster

Questions about rock lobster

What does rock lobster mean?

rock lobster means "warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rock lobster?

Close synonyms include spiny lobster, langouste, crayfish, spiny lobster, langouste. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rock lobster a common word?

rock lobster is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.