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lob·ster

(lŏb′stər)

1. Any of several edible marine decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae, especially of the genus Homarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, a pair of large pincers, and a cylindrical body.

2. Any of several similar crustaceans, such as a spiny lobster.

3. The flesh of a lobster used as food.

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

To catch or try to catch lobsters.

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

lob′ster·er n.

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lob•ster•ing

(ˈlɒb stər ɪŋ)

n.

the business of capturing lobsters.

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Clarks Cove was closed to commercial and recreational lobstering for the 10 years preceding this study; other sites experienced moderate levels of fishing pressure, as indicated by the presence of lobster buoys observed during sampling periods.

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Melissa Terry has owned an excursion boat for a couple of years, teaching tourists about lobstering. Of course, there is more to lobsters than just tying on a lobster-decorated bib and eating the crustaceous sea critters that lobster fishermen call "bugs."