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NORTHERN LOBSTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lobster of Atlantic coast of America

Synonyms:

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Northern lobster" is a kind of...):

true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)

Meronyms (parts of "Northern lobster"):

American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas)

Holonyms ("Northern lobster" is a member of...):

genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas

Synonyms:

American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Northern lobster" is a kind of...):

lobster (flesh of a lobster)

Holonyms ("Northern lobster" is a part of...):

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (lobster of Atlantic coast of America)

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