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Look up: lobster

  1. Lobster
    The lobster is a malacostraca.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Lobster
    Lobster is slang for a person who is sunburnt.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Lobster
    This crustacean was used as bait until around 1880. Because dead lobsters spoil quickly, they should be cooked live if possible. (Live lobsters curl their tails under when picked up.) Look for curled tails on precooked lobsters.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fishmeat.shtml

  4. lobster
    [n] - flesh of a lobster 2. [n] - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. lobster
    A fishing vessel used for setting pots to catch lobsters,crabs,crayfish and other similar species.These vessels range from open boats operating inshore to small decked vessels operating to the edge of the continental shelf. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Lobster
    Lob'ster noun [ Anglo-Saxon loppestre , lopystre probably , corrupted from Latin locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Confer Locust .] (Zoology) 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 lob ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/54

  7. Lobster
    Lob'ster noun As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person. [ Slang]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/54

  8. lobster
    <zoology> Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, especially. 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 P ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. lobster
    noun any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. lobster
    noun flesh of a lobster
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Lobster
    Clawed `lobsters` compose a family (`Nephropidae`, sometimes also `Homaridae`) of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters are economically important as seafood, forming the basis of a global industry that nets US$1.8 billion in trade annually. Though several different groups of crustaceans are known as `lobsters,` the clawed lobsters are most often associated with the name. Clawed lobsters are not closely related with spiny lobsters or slipper lobst...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster

  12. Lobster
    • (n.) 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, P...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. lobster
    any of numerous marine crustaceans (order Decapoda) constituting the families Homaridae (or Nephropsidae), true lobsters; Palinuridae, spiny ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/64

  14. lobster
    lobster, marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs, the first bearing large pincerlike claws of unequal size adapted to crushing the shells of its prey. The segmented body of the lobster consists of a large cephalothorax (made up of 14 segments) and a moveable, muscular abdomen (composed of ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08300


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