lobster
SubstantivVerbAdjektivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈlɒb.stə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈlɑb.stɚ//
- Kanada//ˈlɒb.stɚ//
- Australien//ˈlɔb.stə//
- Schottland//ˈlɔb.stəɾ//
A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
Substantiv
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A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
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Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
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Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
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Various other crustaceans that resemble true lobsters: A squat lobster.
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historischA soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]
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SlangAn Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Herkunft
From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.
Verb
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To fish for lobsters.
Adjektiv
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Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Formen
- Plural
- lobsters
- Komparativ
- more lobster
- Superlativ
- most lobster
- Präteritum
- lobstered
- Partizip II
- lobstered
- Partizip I
- lobstering
- 3. Person Singular
- lobsters
lobster · A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used…
local · From or in a nearby location.locally · With respect to place; in place.locate · To place; to set in a particular spot or position.