Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lobster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lobster \Lob"ster\, n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted
fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a
locust. Cf. {Locust}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
{Lobster caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar of a
European bombycid moth ({Stauropus fagi}); -- so called
from its form.
{Lobster louse} (Zo["o]l.), a copepod crustacean
({Nicotho["e] astaci}) parasitic on the gills of the
European lobster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lobster \Lob"ster\, n.
As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward,
bungling, or undesirable person. [Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lobster
n 1: flesh of a lobster
2: any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families
Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
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