lobster

lob·ster  (lbstr)

n.

1. Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which is modified into large pincers.

2. Any of several crustaceans, such as the spiny lobster, that are related to the lobsters.

3. The flesh of a lobster used as food.

intr.v. lob·stered, lob·ster·ing, lob·sters

To search for and catch lobsters.

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[Middle English lopster, lobstere, from Old English loppestre, alteration (perhaps influenced by loppe, lobbe, spider) of Latin locusta.]

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lobster·er n.

Word History: A lobster and a locust may share a common source for their name, that is, the Latin word locusta, which was used for the locust and also for a crustacean that was probably a kind of lobster. We can see that locusta would be the source of locust, but it looks like an unlikely candidate as the source of lobster. It is thought, however, that Old English loppestre, the ancestor of lobster, was formed from locusta and the suffix -estre used to make agent nouns (our -ster). The change from Latin locusta to Old English loppestre may have been influenced by Old English loppe, meaning "spider."

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lobster

Noun

pl -sters or -ster

1. a large edible crustacean with large pincers and a long tail, which turns red when boiled

2. its edible flesh

3. Austral informal a $20 note [Old English loppestre, from loppe spider]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lobster - flesh of a lobster true lobster - large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) American lobster, Maine lobster, Northern lobster - flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas European lobster - similar to but smaller than American lobsters langoustine, Norwegian lobster, scampo - caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster lobster tail - lobster tail meat; usually from spiny rock lobsters coral - unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces tomalley - edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
	2.	lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae decapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax Reptantia, suborder Reptantia - lobsters; crabs true lobster - large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs Nephrops norvegicus, Norway lobster - edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer sea crawfish, spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish - large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters pleopod, swimmeret - one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming

Translations

lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → langosta

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lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → homard m

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lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → Hummer m

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lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → aragosta