noun. Any of several edible marine decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae, especially of the genus Homarus, having stalked eyes, long antennae, a pair of large pincers, and a cylindrical body.

noun. Any of several similar crustaceans, such as a spiny lobster.

noun. The flesh of a lobster used as food.

intransitive verb. To catch or try to catch lobsters.

noun. A dull fellow, who is easily imposed upon; an irritating blockhead; a foolish bore; a chump: a vague term for contempt.

noun. In cricket, a bowler of lobs or underhand balls. See lob, 8.

noun. A marine, stalk-eyed, long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the subclass Podophthalma or Thoracostraca, order Decapoda, suborder Macrura, family Homaridæ, and genus Homarus, such as H. vulgaris of Europe or H. americanus of the Atlantic coast of North America.

noun. One of several other crustaceans resembling the above.

noun. The common sole, Solea vulgaris.

noun. A stoat.

noun. A British soldier: probably so called originally in allusion to his cuirass, but the name is now generally supposed to refer to his red coat.

noun. Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.

noun. As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.

noun. the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); -- so called from its form.

noun. a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.

adjective. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

noun. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, normally red in colour, with claws, which is used as an expensive seafood.

noun. A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

noun. An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

verb. To fish for lobsters.

noun. flesh of a lobster

noun. any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae

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