lobster
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre; or from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster. More at lop.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɒb.stə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑb.stɚ/
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Adjective[edit]
lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)
Noun[edit]
lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)
- 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.
- A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
- (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
- (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms[edit]
- (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat
Hyponyms[edit]
- (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from lobster
- American lobster
- Andaman lobster
- Arafura lobster
- bight lobster
- Cape lobster
- China lobster
- clawed lobster
- European lobster
- Formosa lobster
- furry lobster
- globster
- Japanese lobster
- lobsterback
Translations[edit]
crustacean
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Verb[edit]
lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)
- To fish for lobsters.
Translations[edit]
To fish for lobsters
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