true lobster

/tru ˌlɑbstər/
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Definitions of true lobster
  1. noun
    large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
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    types:
    American lobster, Homarus americanus, Maine lobster, Northern lobster
    lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    European lobster, Homarus vulgaris
    lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
    Cape lobster, Homarus capensis
    small lobster of southern Africa
    type of:
    lobster
    any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
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