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2. Verb. (third-person singular of lobster) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lobsters

1. lobster [v] - See also: lobster

Medical Definition of Lobsters

1. Large marine decapod crustaceans of the family homaridae, commonly used for food. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobsters

Literary usage of Lobsters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"Stocking the Pacific Ocean with lobsters; the First Successful Experiment in transporting Them Alive across the Continent ; the Difficulties of Artificial ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The state may prohibit transportation by a common carrier of lobsters illegally taken, and, a fortiori, the possession of such lobsters by a common carrier. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"We used to take the lobsters, where the best on 'cm comes from, ... nor cure a snnp for the lobsters; but we did believe Berlin' that they wouldn't mind ..."

4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1896)
"V There are in our markets long as well as short lobsters— /legal as ... Therefore, it may properly have been presumed by the respondents that the lobsters ..."

5. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1992)
"Direct in-situ observation of lobsters is the most effective way to study ... Comparative studies of lobsters in the laboratory- aquarium environment have ..."

6. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"Adult lobsters never migrate up and down the coast at definite periods or in ... When the question of food is paramount, lobsters will pass the winter in ..."

7. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"If the lobsters be small, use two. Rissoles of Lobster. ... Buttered lobsters. Pick the meat out, cut it, and warm with a little weak brown gravy, nutmeg, ..."

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