lobster

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lobster

/ˈlɒb.stə/ Northern England, UK, Wales
/ˈlɔb.stə/ Australia, British, Southern
/ˈlɑb.stɚ/ US
/ˈlɒb.stɚ/ Canada
/ˈlɔb.stəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈlɒb.stə/ New Zealand
[ˈlɔ̟b.stə] ~ [ˈlɞ̠b.stə] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɒbstə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster).

Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.

noun lobsters

countable, uncountable A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
countable, uncountable A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
countable, uncountable A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
countable, uncountable A squat lobster.
countable, historical, slang, uncountable A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform). […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]
Similar: lobsterback, redcoat
countable, slang, uncountable An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Similar: sea locust

verb lobsters · lobstering · lobstered

To fish for lobsters.

adjective more lobster · most lobster

Red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Similar: red as a lobster

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hummer, bisque, fishery, fishing, shrimp, crayfish, crawfish, locust, clawless, scampi, decapod, crustacean, nephrops, homarus, shellfish, langosta

noun

Similar: sea locust

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noun crustacean

Español	langosta, bogavante, pigua, lobagante, lubigante, llocántaro
한국어	가재 gajae, 바닷가재 badatgajae
日本語	伊勢海老 ise ebi, イセエビ ise ebi, オーマルロブスター ōmaru
中文	龍蝦 /龙虾 lóngxiā, 海螯蝦 /海螯虾 hǎiáoxiā
हिन्दी	झींगा मछली jhīṅgā machlī
Português	lagosta
Français	homard, langouste
Deutsch	Hummer
Italiano	astice, aragosta, gambero di mare, lupicante
Ελληνικά	αστακός astakós
Română	homar
Русский	ома́р omár, ло́бстер lóbstɛr
Tiếng Việt	tôm hùm, tôm rồng
العربية	كَرْكَنْد karkand
עברית	לוֹבְּסְטֶר lóbster

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@misc{lobster_2026,
  title = {lobster},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lobster},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}