lob·ster (l b st r)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.
[Middle English lopster, lobstere, from Old English loppestre, alteration (perhaps influenced by loppe, lobbe, spider) of Latin locusta.]
lob ster·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." |
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]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | lobster - flesh of a lobstertrue 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) 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 Palinuridaedecapod, decapod crustacean - crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax true lobster - large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs 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
lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → homard m
lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → Hummer m
lobster [ˈlɔbstəʳ] n → aragosta
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