1. (noun) packhorse rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi - a dark olive-green to brownish crayfish.
Ka kitea anō te pawharu ki ngā waitai o Aotearoa, ā he mātotoru ake i te kōura whero (Te Ara 2012). / Also found in New Zealand is the packhorse crayfish, which is thicker than the red species.
Synonyms: kōura
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