HOMARUS AMERICANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Homarus americanus mean? 

• HOMARUS AMERICANUS (noun)
  The noun HOMARUS AMERICANUS has 1 sense:

1. lobster of Atlantic coast of America

  Familiarity information: HOMARUS AMERICANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMARUS AMERICANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lobster of Atlantic coast of America

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster

Hypernyms ("Homarus americanus" is a kind of...):

true lobster (large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs)

Meronyms (parts of "Homarus americanus"):

American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas)

Holonyms ("Homarus americanus" is a member of...):

genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)