lobster 音标拼音: [l'ɑbstɚ]
n . 龙虾
龙虾
lobster n 1 :
flesh of a lobster 2 :
any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae Lobster \
Lob "
ster \,
n . [
AS .
loppestre ,
lopystre prob .,
corrupted fr .
L .
locusta a marine shellfish ,
a kind of lobster ,
a locust .
Cf . {
Locust }.] (
Zool .)
1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
As a term of opprobrium or contempt :
A gullible ,
awkward ,
bungling ,
or undesirable person . [
Slang ]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Lobster caterpillar } (
Zool .),
the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth ({
Stauropus fagi }); --
so called from its form .
{
Lobster louse } (
Zool .),
a copepod crustacean ({
Nicotho ["
e ]
astaci })
parasitic on the gills of the European lobster .
[
1913 Webster ]
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lobster ":
Chilopoda ,
Chordata ,
Dungeness crab ,
Echiuroidea ,
Ectoprocta ,
Entoprocta ,
Japanese crab ,
Monoplacophora ,
Nemertinea ,
Phoronidea ,
blue point ,
clam ,
coquillage ,
crab ,
crawdad ,
crawfish ,
crayfish ,
gawk ,
klutz ,
langouste ,
limpet ,
littleneck clam ,
looby ,
lout ,
lubber ,
lug ,
lummox ,
lump ,
mussel ,
oaf ,
oyster ,
palooka ,
periwinkle ,
prawn ,
quahog ,
scallop ,
shellfish ,
shrimp ,
snail ,
soft -
shell crab ,
steamer ,
whelk
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