SPINY LOBSTER

Meaning of SPINY LOBSTER in English

Function: noun

Date: 1819

: any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus ) distinguished from true lobsters by the simple unenlarged first pair of legs and claws and the spiny carapace

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SPINY LOBSTER — noun Date: 1819 any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus ) distinguished from true lobsters by the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPINY LOBSTER — noun : an edible crustacean (family Palinuridae) that is distinguished from the true lobster by the simple unenlarged first pair …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY LOBSTER — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY LOBSTER — Date: 1819 : any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus ) distinguished from true lobsters by the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINY LOBSTER — ■ noun a large edible crustacean with a spiny shell and long, heavy antennae, but without large claws. [Family Palinuridae: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPINY LOBSTER — [spiny lobster] n (1819): any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae and esp. genus Panulirus) distinguished from the true lobsters …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст (Palinurus vulgaris) (зоология) лангуст (Palinurus vulgaris)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — Лобстер
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст ( Palinurus vulgaris )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст (Palinurus vulgaris)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст ( Palinurus vulgaris )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст ( Palinurus vulgaris )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — лангуст [зоол.], лангуста [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPINY LOBSTER — лангуст [зоол.], лангуста [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SPINY LOBSTER — - rock lobster
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SPINY LOBSTER — = rock lobster
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — Лангуста
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — Лангуст
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY LOBSTER — зоол. лангуст (Palinurus vulgaris) (зоология) лангуст (Palinurus vulgaris)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY — adjective (spinier; -est) Date: 1586 abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances ; thorny , covered or armed with spines, slender …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOBSTER — Any of numerous species of marine shrimplike Lobsters scavenge for dead animals but also eat live fish, small mollusks and …
Английский словарь Британика
SPINY — I. adjective also spin·ey ˈspīnē, -ni ( spinier ; spiniest ) Etymology: spine + -y 1. : covered with spines …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOBSTER — I. ˈläbztə(r), -bst- noun ( -s ; see sense 1 ) Etymology: Middle English lopster, lobster, from Old English loppestre, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY — (n.) See Spinny.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Английский словарь Webster
LOBSTER — (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), …
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — ( n. ) See Spinny.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOBSTER — ( n. ) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — — spininess , n. /spuy"nee/ , adj., spinier, spiniest . 1. abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOBSTER — /lob"steuhr/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) lobster , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — adj. thorny, spiked, covered with pointy projections; resembling a spine; difficult, complex, troublesome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPINY — adjective ( spin·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1586 1. : abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances : thorny spiny problems …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOBSTER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English loppestre, from loppe spider Date: before 12th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINY — adj like a spine in shape; slender. 2. spiny ·noun ·see spinny. 3. spiny ·adj full of spines; thorny; as, …
Webster English vocab
LOBSTER — add. ·noun as a term of opprobrium or contempt: a gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person. 2. lobster ·noun any …
Webster English vocab
SPINY — ■ adjective ( spinier , spiniest ) 1》 full of or covered with prickles. 2》 informal difficult to understand or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPINY — [spiny] adj spin.i.er ; -est (1586) 1: covered or armed with spines; broadly: bearing spines, prickles, or thorns 2: abounding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOBSTER — [lob.ster] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE loppestre, fr. loppe spider] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a family (Nephropidae and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOBSTER — (Top) Spiny lobster (Palinurus); (bottom) American lobster (Homarus americanus) any of numerous marine crustaceans (order Decapoda) constituting the families Homaridae …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPINY — spin|y BrE AmE ˈspaɪn |i ▷ spin|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ spin|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ spin|iness i …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOBSTER — lobster BrE AmE ˈlɒb stə AmE \ ˈlɑːb st ə r ▷ lobster|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOBSTER — / ˈlɒbstə(r); NAmE ˈlɑːb-/ noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, a long body divided …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPINY — spin ‧ y /ˈspaɪni/ BrE AmE adjective a spiny animal or plant has lots of stiff sharp points ⇨ spine …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOBSTER — lob ‧ ster /ˈlɒbstə $ ˈlɑːbstər/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: loppestre , probably from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1 full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. øspiny anteater = ECHIDNA. spiny lobster any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOBSTER — n. & v. --n. 1 any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1 full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. spiny anteater = ECHIDNA. spiny lobster any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOBSTER — n. & v. n. 1 any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1. full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. Phrases and idioms: spiny anteater ECHIDNA. spiny lobster …
Oxford English vocab
LOBSTER — n. & v. --n. 1. any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws …
Oxford English vocab
SPINY — A spiny plant or animal is covered with long sharp points. ...a spiny lobster. ...a spiny cactus. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOBSTER — ( lobsters) A lobster is a sea creature that has a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs. She …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOBSTER — (~s) A ~ is a sea creature that has a hard shell, two large claws, and eight legs. She sold …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPINY — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a spiny lobster EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also infesting this domain are the dramatically …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOBSTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN salad ▪ The icebox was packed with beer and he'd prepared a lobster salad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPINY — [adjective] -ier, -iestThe stems of the plant are spiny (= covered with long sharp points).Some small animals have a spiny …
Cambridge English vocab
LOBSTER — [noun] - an animal which lives in the sea and has a long jointed body with a hard outside, two …
Cambridge English vocab
LOBSTER — n. Any of numerous species of marine shrimplike decapods that are bottom-dwellers and mostly nocturnal. Lobsters scavenge for dead animals …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOBSTER — Australian for a twenty dollar note. Example: He tipped me a lobster. God love those Yanks.
Slang English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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