Definition of Lobster

Lobster

Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.

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Lobster Quotations

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
Lord Byron

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.
David Herbert Lawrence

Grilling outside with my parents at the Jersey shore. We would grill lobster and corn in the summer.
Bobby Flay

When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth.
Joseph Mitchell

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Lobster Translations

lobster in Afrikaans is kreef
lobster in Danish is hummer
lobster in Dutch is langoest, pantserkreeft, kreeft
lobster in Finnish is hummeri
lobster in French is homard
lobster in German is Hummer
lobster in Italian is aragosta
lobster in Norwegian is hummer
lobster in Portuguese is lagosta
lobster in Spanish is langosta
lobster in Swedish is hummer

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