lobsters

Red after boiling

Lobsters are large marine crustaceans with hard shells, stalked eyes, and large front claws, prized as seafood.

They turn red when cooked.

The plural often refers to the creatures as food: We had lobsters for dinner.

A lobster is also someone with badly sunburned skin, from the color: I forgot sunscreen and turned into a lobster.

culinary

bisque

Creamy seafood soup

  • thermidorCreamy mustard seafood preparation
  • rollList of names
  • tailRear animal appendage

claw meat · butter · drawn butter · steamed · boiled · grilled · bib · crackers · picks · succulent

crustacean

claws

Animal gripping nails

tail · molting · chitin · decapod · arthropod · invertebrate · cephalothorax · abdomen · gills · larvae

fishing

traps

Devices for catching prey

  • potsVessels for cooking or planting
  • buoysAnchored floating signals
  • catchSeize or snag

haul · bait · gauge · legal size · season · quota · fishery · trawling · coastal · Maine

Categories
Opposites
crustacean type

lobsterscrabs

Clawed marine decapods

shrimp · prawns · krill · barnacles · crayfish

seafood luxury status

lobstersfish sticks

Breaded frozen seafood portions

canned tuna · sardines · imitation crab · tilapia · catfish

marine body plan

lobstersjellyfish

Drifting marine stinger

fish · squid · octopus · whales · dolphins

Phrases
Family

lobster, lobstering, lobsterman, lobstermen, lobster pot

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G