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LOBSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lobster" is a kind of...):
decapod; decapod crustacean (crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax)
Meronyms (parts of "lobster"):
pleopod; swimmeret (one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lobster"):
true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)
Nephrops norvegicus; Norway lobster (edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer)
crawfish; crayfish; langouste; rock lobster; sea crawfish; spiny lobster (large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters)
Holonyms ("lobster" is a member of...):
Reptantia; suborder Reptantia (lobsters; crabs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flesh of a lobster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lobster" is a kind of...):
shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))
Meronyms (parts of "lobster"):
coral (unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces)
tomalley (edible greenish substance in boiled lobster)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lobster"):
American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas)
European lobster (similar to but smaller than American lobsters)
langoustine; Norwegian lobster; scampo (caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster)
lobster tail (lobster tail meat; usually from spiny rock lobsters)
Holonyms ("lobster" is a part of...):
true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)
Context examples:
"I can't get any lobsters, so you will have to do without salad today," said Mr. March, coming in half an hour later, with an expression of placid despair.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mr. Peggotty, to relieve it, took two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps, out of his pockets, and piled them up in Ham's arms.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The lobster was instantly surrounded by a halo of pleasing reminiscences, and curiosity about 'the charming young ladies' diverted his mind from the comical mishap.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
One thing I particularly noticed in this delightful house, was the smell of fish; which was so searching, that when I took out my pocket-handkerchief to wipe my nose, I found it smelt exactly as if it had wrapped up a lobster.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In stumbling to the door, she upset the basket, and—oh horror!—the lobster, in all its vulgar size and brilliancy, was revealed to the highborn eyes of a Tudor!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He soon returned, greatly improved in appearance; but so rubicund, that I couldn't help thinking his face had this in common with the lobsters, crabs, and crawfish,—that it went into the hot water very black, and came out very red.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The lobster was a scarlet mystery to her, but she hammered and poked till it was unshelled and its meager proportions concealed in a grove of lettuce leaves.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
On my imparting this discovery in confidence to Peggotty, she informed me that her brother dealt in lobsters, crabs, and crawfish; and I afterwards found that a heap of these creatures, in a state of wonderful conglomeration with one another, and never leaving off pinching whatever they laid hold of, were usually to be found in a little wooden outhouse where the pots and kettles were kept.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Oh, there's corned beef and plenty of potatoes, and I shall get some asparagus and a lobster, 'for a relish', as Hannah says.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Sometimes, we go at half-price to the pit of the theatre—the very smell of which is cheap, in my opinion, at the money—and there we thoroughly enjoy the play: which Sophy believes every word of, and so do I. In walking home, perhaps we buy a little bit of something at a cook's-shop, or a little lobster at the fishmongers, and bring it here, and make a splendid supper, chatting about what we have seen.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
