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Noun: lobster  lób-stu(r)
  1. Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
    "We enjoyed steamed lobster with melted butter"
     
  2. Flesh of a lobster
    "We splurged on lobster tails for our anniversary dinner"
Verb: lobster  lób-stu(r)
  1. Fish for lobster
    "They went lobstering off the coast of Maine"
Adjective: lobster  lób-stu(r)
  1. Red coloured, esp. from sunburn
    "His lobster skin was painful after a day at the beach"

Derived forms: lobsters, lobstered, lobstering

Type of: decapod, decapod crustacean, shellfish

Part of: Reptantia, suborder Reptantia, true lobster

Encyclopedia: Lobster