lobster

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large marine crustacean with a hard shell, long antennae, and, in many species, large claws

   The lobster retreated beneath a rock when the diver approached.

2. 2
   noun

   the flesh of a lobster eaten as seafood

   The restaurant serves lobster with melted butter and lemon.

From Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre or lopustre. Its deeper origin is uncertain; proposals connect the first element with Old English loppe ("spider") or Latin locusta, which could denote a crustacean, plus the old agent suffix -ster.

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