lobster

/ˈlɒb.stə/noun
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1

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.

2

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.

3

A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).

4

A squat lobster.

5

A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).

6

An Australian twenty-dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

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