English Explanatory Dictionary

Japanese spiny lobster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Panulirus japonicus, a species of spiny lobster sometimes used in Japanese cuisine.

Word forms

Japanese spiny lobster Japanese spiny lobsters

Etymology

From Japanese + spiny lobster (“Palinuridae sp.”). Likely a partial calque of translingual Panulirus japonicus.

Related words

Panulirus japonicus
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