|
|
Definition of Homarus americanus
1. Noun. Lobster of Atlantic coast of America.
Generic synonyms: True Lobster
Group relationships: Genus Homarus, Homarus
Terms within: American Lobster, Maine Lobster, Northern Lobster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homarus Americanus
Literary usage of Homarus americanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards Material. Specimens of the American lobster may
... Descriptive Part Homarus americanus or the common American lobster is a ..."
2. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill (1874)
"Many specimens taken at Wood's Hole, in July and August, contained lobsters,
Homarus americanus, in abundance ; Cancer irroratus; and squids, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"In Homarus americanus the epithelium becomes convoluted in numerous places of
the distal end of the vas deferens, thus affording a larger secreting surface. ..."
4. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"WAITE, FC' The structure and development of the antennal glands in Homarus
americanus Milne-Edwards. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, ..."
Other Resources:
