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HOMARUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters

Synonyms:

genus Homarus; Homarus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Homarus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Homarus"):

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (lobster of Atlantic coast of America)

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

Cape lobster; Homarus capensis (small lobster of southern Africa)

Holonyms ("Homarus" is a member of...):

family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)

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