单词 | lobster |
释义 | lob·ster ![]() n. 1. 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. 2. Any of several similar crustaceans, such as a spiny lobster. 3. The flesh of a lobster used as food. intr.v. lob·stered, lob·ster·ing, lob·sters To catch or try to catch lobsters. [Middle English lopster, lobstere, from Old English loppestre, alteration (perhaps influenced by loppe, lobbe, spider) of Latin locusta, locust (grasshopper), lobster.] lobster·er n. ![]() Debelius reef lobster Enoplometopus debelius (family Enoplometopidae) |
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