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TRUE LOBSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("true lobster" is a kind of...):
lobster (any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae)
Meronyms (parts of "true lobster"):
lobster (flesh of a lobster)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "true lobster"):
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 ("true lobster" is a member of...):
family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)
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