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Webster 1913 Edition
Homarus
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Hom′a-rus
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὁμαρήσ
well adjusted.] (Zool.)
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.
– Hom′a-roid
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, Adj.
Definition 2024
Homarus
Homarus
Translingual
Homarus gammarus
Proper noun
Homarus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nephropidae – the true lobsters.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Astacidea - infraorder; Nephropoidea - superfamily; Nephropidae - family; Nephropinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Homarus gammarus - type species; Homarus americanus - only other extant species.