lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒb.stə/
ipa: /ˈlɑb.stɚ/
rhymes: -ɒbstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lobsters
Etymology: From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster).
Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.
Senses: glosses: 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.
glosses: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
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.
glosses: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
glosses: Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters:
A squat lobster.
examples: text: […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]
ref: 1912, Ralph Davol, Two Men of Taunton: In the Course of Human Events, 1731-1829, page 214:
glosses: A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
glosses: An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms: sense: British soldier
word: lobsterback
sense: British soldier
word: redcoat
Hyponyms: sense: crustacean in Palinuridae
word: cray
sense: crustacean in Palinuridae
word: langouste
sense: crustacean in Palinuridae
word: spiny lobster
sense: crustacean in Palinuridae
word: rock lobster
Derived terms: taxonomic: Homarus americanus
word: American lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops andamanicus
word: Andaman lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops arafurensis
word: Arafura lobster
taxonomic: Panulirus argus
word: Bermuda lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops boschmai
word: bight lobster
taxonomic: Procambarus alleni
word: blue lobster
taxonomic: Panulirus interruptus
word: California lobster
taxonomic: Homarinus capensis
word: Cape lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops binghami
word: Caribbean lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops sinensis
word: China lobster
word: clawed lobster
word: common lobster
taxonomic: Homarus gammarus
word: European lobster
taxonomic: Ibacinae spp.
word: fan lobster
word: Formosa lobster
taxonomic: Palinurellus spp.
word: furry lobster
word: globster
taxonomic: Metanephrops japonicus
word: Japanese lobster
word: lazy lobster
word: lobsterback
word: lobsterboat
word: lobster box
taxonomic: Stauropus alternus
word: lobster caterpillar
word: lobster clasp
word: lobster claw
word: lobsterer
word: lobsterette
word: lobsterish
word: lobsterlike
word: lobsterling
word: lobster louse Nicothoe astaci)
word: lobsterman
taxonomic: Stauropus alternus
word: lobster moth
taxonomic: Hypomyces lactifluorum
word: lobster mushroom
word: lobster Newberg
word: lobster palace
word: lobsterperson
word: lobster pot
word: lobster pound
word: lobster prominent
word: lobster roll
word: lobster sauce
word: lobsterscope
taxonomic: Heterometrus swammerdami
word: lobster scorpion
word: lobster shift
word: lobster sloop
word: lobster-tailed pot
word: lobster-tail pot
word: lobster thermidor
word: lobster trap
word: lobsterwoman
word: lobstery
taxonomic: Homarus americanus
word: Maine lobster
taxonomic: Parribacus spp.
word: mitten lobster)
taxonomic: Palinurellus wieneckii
word: mole lobster
word: mud lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops neptunus
word: Neptune lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops challengeri
word: New Zealand lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops australiensis
word: northwest lobster
taxonomic: Nephrops norvegicus
word: Norway lobster
word: poor man's lobster
word: raw lobster
taxonomic: Enoplometopus spp.
word: reef lobster
english: Palinuridae
translation: Palinuridae
word: rock lobster
word: scorpion lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops sagamiensis
word: sculpted lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops sibogae
word: Siboga lobster
english: Scyllaridae
translation: Scyllaridae
word: slipper lobster
english: Palinuridae
translation: Palinuridae
word: spiny lobster
english: Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea
translation: Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea
word: squat lobster
word: the world is one's lobster
word: tree lobster
taxonomic: Homarus americanus
word: true lobster
word: unboiled lobster
taxonomic: Metanephrops velutinus
word: velvet lobster
word: white lobster
word: yeti lobster
Related terms: crawfish
crayfish
mudbug
prawn
shrimp
yabby