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- [lob-ster]
- /ˈlɒb stər/
- /ˈlɒb.stər/
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- [lob-ster]
- /ˈlɒb stər/
Definitions of lobster word
- noun plural lobster any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked. 1
- noun plural lobster spiny lobster. 1
- noun plural lobster any of various similar crustaceans, as certain crayfishes. 1
- noun plural lobster the edible meat of these animals. 1
- noun lobster A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers. 1
- noun lobster crustacean 1
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Origin of lobster
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English lopster, Old English loppestre literally, spidery creature (loppe spider (see lob1) + -stre -ster); cf. lop1
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Parts of speech for Lobster
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lobster popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lobster
noun lobster
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- mollusk — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
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