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Webster 1913 Edition

Lobster

Lob′ster

,
Noun.
[AS.
loppestre
,
lopystre
prob., corrupted fr. L.
locusta
a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf.
Locust
.]
(Zool.)
1.
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
.
Lobster caterpillar
(Zool.)
,
the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (
Stauropus fagi
); – so called from its form.
Lobster louse
(Zool.)
,
a copepod crustacean (
Nicothoë astaci
) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lobster

LOB'STER

,
Noun.
A crustaceous fish of the genus Cancer. Lobsters have large claws and fangs, and four pair of legs. They are said to change their crust annually, and to be frightened at thunder or other loud report. They constitute an article of food.

Definition 2024

lobster

lobster

English

lobster (1)

Adjective

lobster ‎(comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)

  1. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Noun

lobster ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)

  1. 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.
  2. A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
  3. (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
  4. (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

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lobster ‎(third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)

  1. To fish for lobsters.

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From Middle English lopster ‎(“lobster”), from Old English loppestre ‎(“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta ‎(“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre; or from Old English lobbe, loppe ‎(“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +‎ -ster. More at lop.

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