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HOMARUS AMERICANUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Lobster of Atlantic coast of America
Synonyms:
American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Homarus americanus" is a kind of...):
true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)
Meronyms (parts of "Homarus americanus"):
American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas)
Holonyms ("Homarus americanus" is a member of...):
genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)
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