cape crawfish

cape crawfish
noun or cape crayfish
Usage: usually capitalized 1st C
Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope
: the common spiny lobster (Jasus lalandii) of the coast of southern Africa valued as food and shipped canned or frozen to the U.S. — see rock lobster

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an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.

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Cape crawfish,
the spiny lobster of southern Africa.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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