Homarus

noun

type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters

• Syn: ↑genus Homarus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Homaridae, ↑family Homaridae

• Member Meronyms:

↑American lobster, ↑Northern lobster, ↑Maine lobster, ↑Homarus americanus, ↑European lobster, ↑Homarus vulgaris, ↑Cape lobster, ↑Homarus capensis

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\\ˈhämərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from French homard lobster, from Middle French, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse humarr lobster — more at cambarus

: a genus of decapod crustaceans including the common lobsters of Europe and No. America and the little Cape lobster (H. capensis) of southern Africa and with the related genus Nephrops constituting a family (Homaridae or Nephropsidae)