HOMARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Homarus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMARUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Homarus; Homarus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Homarus"):

American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster (lobster of Atlantic coast of America)

European lobster; Homarus vulgaris (lobster of Atlantic coast of Europe)

Cape lobster; Homarus capensis (small lobster of southern Africa)

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

family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)