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lobster lobster
lobster marine crustacean with five pairs of jointed legs, the first bearing large pincerlike claws of unequal size adapted to crushing the shells of its prey. The segmented body of the lobster consists of a large cephalothorax (made up of 14 segments) and a moveable, muscular abdomen (composed... Read more
trapping trapping
trapping most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. Usually, however, trapping means the capture of land animals larger... Read more
carapace carapace
carapace , shield, or shell covering, found over all or part of the anterior dorsal portion of an animal. In lobsters, shrimps, crayfish, and crabs, the carapace is the part of the exoskeleton that covers the head and thorax and protects the dorsal and lateral surfaces. In many crustaceans, the term... Read more
Anguilla Anguilla
Anguilla , island and British dependency (2005 est. pop. 13,300) 35 sq mi (91 sq km), West Indies, northernmost of the Leeward Islands . The capital is the town of The Valley. The population, which is mainly of African descent, speaks English, the official language. Most Anguillans belong to... Read more
Spiny lobsters Spiny lobsters
Palinuridae (spiny lobsters; class Malacostraca, order Decapoda) Family of large, edible decapods which have a more or less cylindrical cephalothorax and a well-developed, dorsoventrally flattened abdomen. The head bears large, spiny antennae, and in most species the first pair of legs is not... Read more
Grand Banks Grand Banks
Grand Banks submarine plateau rising from the continental shelf, c.36,000 sq mi (93,200 sq km), off SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide; depths range from 20 to 100 fathoms. The cold Labrador Current flows over most of the banks; the warmer Gulf... Read more
shellfish shellfish
shellfish popular name for certain edible mollusks (see Mollusca ), e.g., oysters, clams, and scallops, and for certain edible crustaceans , e.g., crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. All are aquatic invertebrates with shells; they are not fish.... Read more
Portland Portland
Portland town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. There is a naval base in Portland harbor.... Read more
Toy industry Toy industry
Bean Bag Plush Toy Background Investors who worry about bull and bear markets should consider the alternatives—the moose, lobster, pink pig, platypus, and dolphin markets, just for starters. These stars in the investment firmament "Chocolate the Moose," "Pinchers the... Read more
octopus octopus
octopus cephalopod mollusk having no shell, eight muscular arms or tentacles, a pouch-shaped body, and two large, highly developed eyes. The prey (crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish) is seized by the sucker-bearing arms and pulled into the web of tissue at the base of the arms, paralyzed and... Read more

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