Sea crawfish \Sea" craw"fish`\ Sea crayfish \Sea" cray"fish`\ (Zo["o]l.) Any crustacean of the genus {Palinurus} and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster ({P. vulgaris}), which is much used as an article of food. See {Lobster}.
sea crawfish n : large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: {spiny lobster}, {langouste}, {rock lobster}, {crawfish}, {crayfish}]