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    MAINE LOBSTER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lobster of Atlantic coast of Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    American lobster; Homarus americanus; Maine lobster; Northern lobster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Maine lobster" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Maine lobster"):

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

    Holonyms ("Maine lobster" is a member of...):

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinasplay

    Synonyms:

    American lobster; Maine lobster; Northern lobster

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("Maine lobster" is a kind of...):

    lobster (flesh of a lobster)

    Holonyms ("Maine lobster" is a part of...):

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

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