lobster Definition

any of a family (Nephropidae and especially Homarus americanus) of large edible marine decapod crustaceans that have stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen and that include species from coasts on both sides of the North Atlantic and from the Cape of Good Hope

spiny lobster

lobster trap; especially : one with wooden slats and a domed top

a work shift (as on a newspaper) that covers the late evening and early morning hours —called also lobster trick

cooked lobster meat in a rich wine sauce stuffed into a lobster shell and browned

a usually rectangular wooden or metal cage that is baited and placed on the sea bottom and that has a funnel-shaped net used to trap lobsters

langoustine

spiny lobster

any of several edible crustaceans (family Palinuridae, especially genus Panulirus) distinguished from true lobsters by the simple unenlarged first pair of legs and claws and the spiny carapace

a small edible lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) of European seas having long slender claws —called also Dublin Bay prawn, Norway lobster