noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English loppestre, from loppe spider Date: before 12th century any of a family (Nephropidae and especially Homarus americanus ) of large edible marine decapod crustaceans that have stalked eyes, a pair of large claws, and a long abdomen and that include species from coasts on both sides of the North Atlantic and from the Cape of Good Hope, spiny lobster , lobsterlike adjective
lobster pot noun Date: 1764 an oblong case with slat sides and a funnel-shaped net used to trap lobsters
lobster shift noun Date: circa 1933 a work shift (as on a newspaper) that covers the late evening and early morning hours
lobster thermidor noun Etymology: thermidor, from French, from Thermidor, drama (1891) by Victorien Sardou Date: 1894 cooked lobster meat in a rich wine sauce stuffed into a lobster shell and browned
lobster trap noun see: lobster pot
lobster trick noun see: lobster shift
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