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EUROPEAN LOBSTER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does European lobster mean?

• EUROPEAN LOBSTER (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN LOBSTER has 2 senses:

1. similar to but smaller than American lobsters
2. lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe

Familiarity information: EUROPEAN LOBSTER used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EUROPEAN LOBSTER (noun)

Sense 1

European lobster ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Similar to but smaller than American lobsters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("European lobster" is a kind of...):

lobster (flesh of a lobster)

Holonyms ("European lobster" is a member of...):

European lobster; Homarus vulgaris (lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe)

Sense 2

European lobster ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Homarus vulgaris; European lobster

Hypernyms ("European lobster" is a kind of...):

true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)

Meronyms (members of "European lobster"):

European lobster (similar to but smaller than American lobsters)

Holonyms ("European lobster" is a member of...):

genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)

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