LOBSTER
lobster
(noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
lobster
(noun) flesh of a lobster
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)
red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Noun
lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
(slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms
• (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat
Hyponyms
• (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
Verb
lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)
To fish for lobsters.
Anagrams
• Bolster, Bortles, Strobel, Stroble, bolster, bolters, reblots, rebolts, trobles
Source: Wiktionary
Lob"ster, n. Etym: [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: 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 (Zoƶl.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); -- so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zoƶl.), a copepod crustacean (Nicothoƫ astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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