lobster
lobster definition
lob·ster (läb′stər)
noun pl. lobsters -·sters or lobster -·ster
- any of various families (esp. Nephropidae) of marine, bottom-dwelling decapods with compound eyes, long antennae, and usually the first pair of legs modified into large, powerful pincers: lobsters are greenish or dark gray in color when alive, but turn bright red when boiled
- the flesh of these animals used as food
Etymology: ME < OE loppestre, lopustre < loppe, spider (from the external resemblance: see lob) + -estre: see -ster
intransitive verb
to fish for lobsters
Related Forms:
- lobstering lob′·ster·ing noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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