Rock lobster
WordNet
noun
(1) Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
(2) Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
WiktionaryText
Noun
- a crustacean, of the genus Jasus, found in the coastal waters of New Zealand
- “It wasn’t a rock, it was a rock lobster” (1978) - from the song “Rock Lobster” by the B52s.