Meanings
plural rock lobsters
- A crustacean of the family Palinuridae.
It wasn’t a rock, it was a rock lobster
1978, Rock Lobster, B52sSynonyms: spiny lobster
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA crustacean of the family Palinuridae.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwarm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
nounlarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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rock lobster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rock%20lobster
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