lobster
/ˈlɑb.stɚ/ noun A2- A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
- A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
- A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
- A squat lobster.
- A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
- An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Plural lobsters
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The Lobster Quadrille
“You may not have lived much under the sea—” (“I haven’t,” said Alice)—“and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—” (Alice began to say “I once tasted—” but checked herself hastily, and said “No, never”) “—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!”
“Each with a lobster as a partner!” cried the Gryphon.
“—change lobsters, and retire in same order,” continued the Gryphon.
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