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: 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
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I had lobster for dinner.
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Fishing boats in bright, primary colors bob in the shelter of the stone-walled harbor, while the sea wall is adorned with a tangle of nets, lobster creels, and old buoys.
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Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the East Coast’s top lobster rolls touch down in L.A.
A colorful new tea room hopes to build community one cup at a time.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The new movie assumes that the audience is fully in the tank (lobster or otherwise) for these two, and if your enthusiasm for their brand of bickering and humor is waning, there’s not much else to offer.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Climate change was expected to drive American lobsters to seek deeper waters, beavers to colonize new parts of Canada, and wolf spiders in the high Arctic to produce a second annual brood.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024
Some of the East Coast’s top lobster rolls touch down in L.A.
A colorful new tea room hopes to build community one cup at a time.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The new movie assumes that the audience is fully in the tank (lobster or otherwise) for these two, and if your enthusiasm for their brand of bickering and humor is waning, there’s not much else to offer.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Share [Findings] Climate change was expected to drive American lobsters to seek deeper waters, beavers to colonize new parts of Canada, and wolf spiders in the high Arctic to produce a second annual brood.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Lobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobster. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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lobster
noun
lob·ster
ˈläb-stər 
: any of several large edible marine crustaceans with stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen
also
: spiny lobster
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