Lobster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which is modified into large pincers.
  • n. Any of several crustaceans, such as the spiny lobster, that are related to the lobsters.
  • n. The flesh of a lobster used as food.
  • verb-intransitive. To search for and catch lobsters.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
  • n. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, normally red in colour, with claws, which is used as an expensive seafood.
  • n. A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
  • n. An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
  • v. To fish for lobsters.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus 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.
  • n. As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A marine, stalk-eyed, long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the subclass Podophthalma or Thoracostraca, order Decapoda, suborder Macrura, family Homaridæ, and genus Homarus, such as H. vulgaris of Europe or H. americanus of the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • n. One of several other crustaceans resembling the above.
  • n. The common sole, Solea vulgaris.
  • n. A stoat.
  • n. A British soldier: probably so called originally in allusion to his cuirass, but the name is now generally supposed to refer to his red coat.
  • n. A dull fellow, who is easily imposed upon; an irritating blockhead; a foolish bore; a chump: a vague term for contempt.
  • n. In cricket, a bowler of lobs or underhand balls. See lob, 8.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. flesh of a lobster
  • n. any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decapod    homarine    shedder    crayfish   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    mobster   
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