langouste n 1: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California [syn: {spiny lobster}, {rock lobster}, {crayfish}] 2: large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters [syn: {spiny lobster}, {rock lobster}, {crawfish}, {crayfish}, {sea crawfish}]