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.
spiny lobsters
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pluralof spiny lobster.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A clawed caper at the Santa Monica Pier went awry despite “sophisticated” attempts by suspects to get away with poaching roughly three dozen spiny lobsters, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that the diver died early Wednesday while preparing to harvest spiny lobsters off the Florida Keys.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
Release the spiny lobsters: We have a fish fight.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2015
So much so, that in the experiments, the spiny lobsters didn’t even notice when food was offered to them right in front of their spiny lobster equivalent of a nose.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 26, 2013
The first glimpse of the spiny lobsters is enough for any one who has read of Coomara.
From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
