lobster

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lob·ster / ˈläbstər/ • n. a large marine crustacean (Homarus and other genera, class Malacostraca) with stalked eyes and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers. Several species include the American lobster (H. americanus). ∎  the flesh of this animal as food. ∎  any of various similar crustaceans, esp. certain crayfish whose claws are eaten as food.• v. [intr.] catch lobsters.ORIGIN: Old English lopustre, alteration of Latin locusta ‘crustacean, locust.’

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