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   lobster

   /ˈlɒbstə/

   noun

   • 1. a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.
   • ▪ the flesh of the lobster as food: "she ordered lobster and a glass of white wine"
   • ▪ a marine crayfish, especially one whose claws are eaten as food.
   • ▪ a deep red colour typical of a cooked lobster: "a heavily built man with a lobster nose"

   verb

   • 1. catch lobsters: "he has been lobstering in Maine for 50 years"

   Word Origin Old Englishlopustre, alteration of Latin locusta ‘crustacean, locust’.

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