Lobster
['lɒbstə] or ['lɑbstɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae.
(noun.) flesh of a lobster.
Checker: Lowell--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checked by Justin
Definition
n. a shellfish with large claws used for food: (slang) a British soldier.
Typist: Manfred
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing lobsters, denotes great favors, and riches will endow you. If you eat them, you will sustain contamination by associating too freely with pleasure-seeking people. If the lobsters are made into a salad, success will not change your generous nature, but you will enjoy to the fullest your ideas of pleasure. To order a lobster, you will hold prominent positions and command many subordinates.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
The edible lobster is found off the New England Coast. The two-legged species is found everywhere. All kinds are green, but when roasted turn a bright red. Soubrettes are very dependent on both varieties for a living; together they furnish her with food, raiment, flats, diamonds, and occasionally indigestion.
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Examples
- We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to exchange an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health and pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Before a lobster is cooked he is green, that being the color of the rocks around which he lives on the bottom of the ocean. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- However, as soon as a lobster is placed in boiling water his shell changes from green to red. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first impulse is to abolish all lobster palaces, melodramas, yellow newspapers, and sentimentally erotic novels. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My head was as red as a lobster; but, in other respects, I was as nicely dressed for the ceremonies of the evening as a man need be. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Pleasure in our cities has become tied to lobster palaces, adventure to exalted murderers, romance to silly, mooning novels. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- By and by, I saw him, with the majority of a lobster on his plate, eating his dinner at the feet of Dora! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Did you ever taste anything more delicious than that MOUSSE of lobster with champagne sauce? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- After some discussion on the relative merits of veal-cutlet, sweetbread, and lobster, a decision was pronounced in favour of veal-cutlet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If we bought a lobster, it was full of water. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Oh, there's corned beef and plenty of potatoes, and I shall get some asparagus and a lobster, 'for a relish', as Hannah says. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here is also lobster which was taken out of the shell Feb. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Then I must have a lobster, for tongue alone won't do, said Amy decidedly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Take care of that veal and ham--mind the lobsters--take the salad out of the cloth--give me the dressing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why do Lobsters Change Colors? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Rhoda