lobster : Idioms & Phrases

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american lobster

  • noun flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
    American lobster; Maine lobster.
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster.
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cape lobster

  • noun small lobster of southern Africa
    Homarus capensis.
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european lobster

  • noun similar to but smaller than American lobsters
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe
    Homarus vulgaris.
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Grasshopper lobster

  • (Zoöl.) a young lobster. Local, U. S.
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lobster a la newburg

  • noun lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice
    lobster a la Newburg.
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lobster butter

  • noun butter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shells
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Lobster caterpillar

  • (Zoöl.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); so called from its form.
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Lobster louse

  • (Zoöl.), a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
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lobster newburg

  • noun lobster in Newburg sauce served on buttered toast or rice
    lobster a la Newburg.
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lobster plant

  • noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
    Euphorbia pulcherrima; painted leaf; Mexican flameleaf; Christmas star; poinsettia; Christmas flower.
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lobster pot

  • noun trap for catching lobsters
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lobster stew

  • noun diced lobster meat in milk or cream
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lobster tail

  • noun lobster tail meat; usually from spiny rock lobsters
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lobster tart

  • noun a pastry shell filled with cooked lobster
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lobster thermidor

  • noun diced lobster mixed with Mornay sauce placed back in the shell and sprinkled with grated cheese and browned
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lobster-backed

  • adjective satellite used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
    red-coated.
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maine lobster

  • noun flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
    American lobster; Maine lobster.
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster.
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northern lobster

  • noun flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
    American lobster; Maine lobster.
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster.
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norway lobster

  • noun edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer
    Nephrops norvegicus.
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norwegian lobster

  • noun caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster
    scampo; langoustine.
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Rock lobster

  • noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    rock lobster; crayfish; langouste.
  • noun large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    crawfish; sea crawfish; langouste; rock lobster; crayfish.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also spiny lobster, and sea crayfish.
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Spiny lobster

  • noun warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    rock lobster; crayfish; langouste.
  • noun large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    crawfish; sea crawfish; langouste; rock lobster; crayfish.
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  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.
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Tree lobster

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Tree crab, above.
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true lobster

  • noun large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
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