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lobster

noun · verb · adjective

Simple meaning

A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked.

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ˈlɑbstɚ

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Definition

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noun

  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. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters

  3. A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.

  4. Flesh of a lobster

  5. A squat lobster.

  6. Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

verb

  1. To fish for lobsters.

adjective

  1. Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

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