NORTHERN LOBSTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does Northern lobster mean?
• NORTHERN LOBSTER (noun)
The noun NORTHERN LOBSTER has 2 senses:
1. flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
2. lobster of Atlantic coast of America
Familiarity information: NORTHERN LOBSTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTHERN LOBSTER (noun)
Meaning:
Flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster
Hypernyms ("Northern lobster" is a kind of...):
lobster (flesh of a lobster)
Holonyms ("Northern lobster" is a part of...):
American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (lobster of Atlantic coast of America)
Meaning:
Lobster of Atlantic coast of America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Homarus americanus; American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster
Hypernyms ("Northern lobster" is a kind of...):
true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)
Meronyms (parts of "Northern lobster"):
American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas)
Holonyms ("Northern lobster" is a member of...):
genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)
