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lobster

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒbstə/

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Definition of lobster

noun

  • a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.
    • Homarus and other genera, class Malacostraca
  • [mass noun] the flesh of the lobster as food: she ordered lobster and a glass of white wine [as modifier]:lobster bisque
  • Australian/NZ a marine crayfish, especially one whose claws are eaten as food.
  • [mass noun] a deep red colour typical of a cooked lobster: [as modifier]:a heavily built man with a lobster nose

verb

[no object]
  • catch lobsters: he has been lobstering in Maine for 50 years

Origin:

Old English lopustre, alteration of Latin locusta 'crustacean, locust'

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