Lobster

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·add. ·noun As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.

II. Lobster ·noun Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, ·esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. 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.

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