n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (Homarus Americanus), and the European lobster (Homarus 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. | ||||||
2. | As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable person.
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2. | lobster - any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae |