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lobster

UK /ˈlɒb.stə/US /ˈlɑb.stɚ/

noun7

  1. a large sea animal with a hard cover and two big front legs, eaten as food
  2. Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters.
  3. A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
  4. A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
  5. A squat lobster.
  6. (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
  7. (slang) An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

adjective1

  1. Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

verb1

  1. To fish for lobsters.
forms

lobstered · lobstering · lobsters · more lobster · most lobster

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