American lobster

American lobster
noun
1. flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
Hypernyms: ↑lobster
Part Holonyms: ↑Northern lobster, ↑Maine lobster, ↑Homarus americanus
2. lobster of Atlantic coast of America
Hypernyms: ↑true lobster
Member Holonyms: ↑Homarus, ↑genus Homarus
Part Meronyms: ↑Northern lobster, ↑Maine lobster

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
: the common lobster (Homarus americanus) of the northestern coast of No. America

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