lobster

lobster is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.
2. noun. any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae
3. noun. flesh of a lobster

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lobster:

bolster, bolters

Common word forms

lobsters, lobstered, lobsterer, lobstering

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