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Lobster
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lobster has 2 senses
- lobster(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of a lobster; Array is a part of true lobster
- lobster(n = noun.animal) Array - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae; Array is a kind of decapod, decapod crustacean
is a kind of shellfish
has particulars: american lobster, maine lobster, northern lobster, european lobster, langoustine, norwegian lobster, scampo, lobster tail
has parts: coral, tomalley
is a member of reptantia, suborder reptantia
has particulars: true lobster, nephrops norvegicus, norway lobster, crawfish, crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, sea crawfish, spiny lobster
has parts: pleopod, swimmeret
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lobster, n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.].
- 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 toPalinurus ,Panulirus , and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. [1913 Webster] - As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Lobster, n. & v.
--n.
1 any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws as the first pair of ten limbs.
2 its flesh as food.
--v.intr. catch lobsters.
--n.
1 any large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae, with stalked eyes and two pincer-like claws as the first pair of ten limbs.
2 its flesh as food.
--v.intr. catch lobsters.
Idiom
lobster-pot a basket in which lobsters are trapped. lobster thermidor a mixture of lobster meat, mushrooms, cream, egg yolks, and sherry, cooked in a lobster shell.
Etymology
OE lopustre, corrupt. of L locusta crustacean, locust: thermidor f. the name of the 11th month of the Fr. revolutionary calendar
THESAURUS
Lobster
Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, gawk, klutz, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam, looby, lout, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, mussel, oaf, oyster, palooka, periwinkle, prawn, quahog, scallop, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, whelk
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