squat lobster

noun

Any of various decapod crustacea of the superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, both in suborder Anomura, superficially resembling lobsters.

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Meanings

nounsquat lobster (plural squat lobsters)

plural squat lobsters

  1. Any of various decapod crustacea of the superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, both in suborder Anomura, superficially resembling lobsters.
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