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sea crawfish

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spiny lobster

–noun
any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
Also called crayfish, crawfish, sea crayfish, sea crawfish.


Origin:
1810–20
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sea crayfish also sea crawfish  
n.  See spiny lobster.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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