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单词 spiny lobster
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Definition of spiny lobster in English:

spiny lobster

noun
  • A large edible crustacean with a spiny shell and long heavy antennae, but lacking the large claws of true lobsters.

    Family Palinuridae: several genera and species, in particular Palinuris vulgaris of European waters, and the American genus Panulirus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The spiny lobster and sand lobster totalling about 2,600 tonnes are caught annually from the inshore waters by mechanised and non-mechanised units.
    • White-spotted moray eels flashed their teeth, a lone hermit crab barrelled along and three young spiny lobsters displayed themselves daringly on a ledge.
    • Without claws, spiny lobsters use their antennae to fend off predators.
    • Depending on their size, they are home to spiny lobsters, arrow crabs and a wide assortment of blennies.
    • Follow the vertical wall on your left and it brings you round to a sheltered bay where nudibranchs and spiny lobsters are to be found.
    • California spiny lobsters can be found along the rocky coastline of California, Baja California and the Channel Islands.
    • A night dive on the house reef revealed spiny lobsters and red crabs, morays, scorpionfish and lionfish.
    • The house specialties are in shellfish: Maine lobster, spiny lobster, dungeness crab, and live Santa Barbara sea urchin.
    • Recent studies indicate that Caribbean spiny lobsters have an advanced magnetic compass sense that enables them to travel long distances in darkness to specific den locations.
    • Today we do not have live spiny lobsters in great abundance.
    • The Norway lobster is a true lobster; but the spiny lobster, which exists in various species in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, is not.
    • It also has a taste for octopus, spiny lobster and crab.
    • The rocky reefs and the small caverns formed within them are home to groupers, moray and conger eels, scorpionfish, many octopuses and the occasional spiny lobster.
    • During the past decade, however, evidence has accumulated that at least two marine animals, sea turtles and spiny lobsters, are able to derive positional information from the Earth's field.
    • The Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, lives on hard bottoms and coral reefs throughout the waters of the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.
    • In the same way that a child's first week of violin lessons sends the family running for earplugs, so may the spiny lobster keep predators at bay, biologists say.
    • There are spiny lobsters under most of the rocks, all with intact antennae.
    • There are a fair number of nudibranchs and flatworms, all brightly coloured and sometimes difficult to distinguish, featherstars, shrimps, spiny lobsters and other hole-dwelling critters.
    • These results provide strong evidence that spiny lobsters possess a magnetic positioning system that is capable of helping them navigate to specific geographic areas.
    • Also known as crayfish or spiny lobster, this is Australia's most valuable marine species.
 
 

Definition of spiny lobster in US English:

spiny lobster

nounˈspīnē ˈläbstər
  • A large edible crustacean with a spiny shell and long heavy antennae, but lacking the large claws of true lobsters.

    Family Palinuridae: several genera and species, in particular Palinuris vulgaris of European waters, and the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Depending on their size, they are home to spiny lobsters, arrow crabs and a wide assortment of blennies.
    • White-spotted moray eels flashed their teeth, a lone hermit crab barrelled along and three young spiny lobsters displayed themselves daringly on a ledge.
    • Today we do not have live spiny lobsters in great abundance.
    • The Norway lobster is a true lobster; but the spiny lobster, which exists in various species in tropical and subtropical waters around the world, is not.
    • There are spiny lobsters under most of the rocks, all with intact antennae.
    • The rocky reefs and the small caverns formed within them are home to groupers, moray and conger eels, scorpionfish, many octopuses and the occasional spiny lobster.
    • A night dive on the house reef revealed spiny lobsters and red crabs, morays, scorpionfish and lionfish.
    • These results provide strong evidence that spiny lobsters possess a magnetic positioning system that is capable of helping them navigate to specific geographic areas.
    • Also known as crayfish or spiny lobster, this is Australia's most valuable marine species.
    • The house specialties are in shellfish: Maine lobster, spiny lobster, dungeness crab, and live Santa Barbara sea urchin.
    • During the past decade, however, evidence has accumulated that at least two marine animals, sea turtles and spiny lobsters, are able to derive positional information from the Earth's field.
    • California spiny lobsters can be found along the rocky coastline of California, Baja California and the Channel Islands.
    • There are a fair number of nudibranchs and flatworms, all brightly coloured and sometimes difficult to distinguish, featherstars, shrimps, spiny lobsters and other hole-dwelling critters.
    • Recent studies indicate that Caribbean spiny lobsters have an advanced magnetic compass sense that enables them to travel long distances in darkness to specific den locations.
    • It also has a taste for octopus, spiny lobster and crab.
    • Without claws, spiny lobsters use their antennae to fend off predators.
    • The Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, lives on hard bottoms and coral reefs throughout the waters of the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.
    • In the same way that a child's first week of violin lessons sends the family running for earplugs, so may the spiny lobster keep predators at bay, biologists say.
    • Follow the vertical wall on your left and it brings you round to a sheltered bay where nudibranchs and spiny lobsters are to be found.
    • The spiny lobster and sand lobster totalling about 2,600 tonnes are caught annually from the inshore waters by mechanised and non-mechanised units.
 
 
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