lobster
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lobster/ˈlɒbstə(r)/
▶noun a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers. [Homarus and other genera.]
■ the flesh of the lobster as food.
▶verb catch lobsters.– origin OE lopustre, alt. of L. locusta ‘crustacean, locust’.
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- bisque
- cock
- coral
- crawfish
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- dead man's fingers
- decapod
- Dublin Bay prawn
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- langouste
- langoustine
- lobster moth
- lobster pot
- lobster thermidor
- nipper
- Norway lobster
- pincer
- scorpion
- spiny lobster
- surimi
