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Lobster Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lobster? [n] any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae [n] flesh of a lobster Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lobster: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lobster: blue point \| Chilopoda \| Chordata \| clam \| coquillage \| crab \| crawdad \| crawfish \| crayfish \| Dungeness crab \| Echiuroidea \| Ectoprocta \| Entoprocta \| gawk \| Japanese crab \| klutz \| langouste \| limpet \| littleneck clam \| looby \| lout \| lubber \| lug \| lummox \| lump \| Monoplacophora \| mussel \| Nemertinea \| oaf \| oyster \| palooka \| periwinkle \| Phoronidea \| prawn \| quahog \| scallop \| shellfish \| shrimp \| snail \| soft-shell crab \| steamer \| whelk See Also \| American lobster \| coral \| crawfish \| crayfish \| decapod \| decapod crustacean \| European lobster \| langouste \| langoustine \| lobster tail \| Maine lobster \| Nephrops norvegicus \| Northern lobster \| Norway lobster \| Norwegian lobster \| pleopod \| Reptantia \| rock lobster \| scampo \| sea crawfish \| shellfish \| spiny lobster \| suborder Reptantia \| swimmeret \| tomalley \| true lobster \| true lobster Lobster In Webster's Dictionary \Lob"ster\, n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. {Locust}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus {Homarus}; as the American lobster ({H. Americanus}), and the European lobster ({H. vulgaris}). The Norwegian lobster ({Nephrops Norvegicus}) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to {Palinurus}, {Panulirus}, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. {Lobster caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth ({Stauropus fagi}); -- so called from its form. {Lobster louse} (Zo["o]l.), a copepod crustacean ({Nicotho["e] astaci}) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster. \Lob"ster\, n. As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person. [Slang]

Lobster Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lobster?

[n] any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
[n] flesh of a lobster

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Lobster In Webster's Dictionary

\Lob"ster\, n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted
fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a
locust. Cf. {Locust}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of
the genus {Homarus}; as the American lobster ({H.
Americanus}), and the European lobster ({H. vulgaris}). The
Norwegian lobster ({Nephrops Norvegicus}) is similar in form.
All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny
lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to {Palinurus},
{Panulirus}, and allied genera, have no large claws. The
fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

{Lobster caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar of a
   European bombycid moth ({Stauropus fagi}); -- so called
   from its form.

{Lobster louse} (Zo["o]l.), a copepod crustacean
   ({Nicotho["e] astaci}) parasitic on the gills of the
   European lobster.


\Lob"ster\, n.
As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward,
bungling, or undesirable person. [Slang]

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