English > lobster: 2 senses > noun 2, animalMeaning | Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families ... / families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae. |
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Member of | Reptantia, suborder Reptantia | lobsters |
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Parts | swimmeret, pleopod | One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming |
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Narrower | Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus | edible European lobster resembling the American lobster but slenderer |
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spiny lobster, langouste, rock lobster, crawfish, crayfish, sea crawfish | large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters |
true lobster | large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs |
Broader | decapod crustacean, decapod | crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax |
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Spanish | langosta |
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Catalan | nefròpid |
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