As nouns the difference between lobster and crayfish
is that
lobster is a crustacean of the
family: 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 while
crayfish is a freshwater crustacean (
Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
As an adjective lobster
is red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
As a verb lobster
is to fish for lobsters.
lobster
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
Noun
A crustacean of the 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.
A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
(historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
Synonyms
* (British soldier ) lobsterback, redcoat
Hyponyms
* (crustacean in Palinuridae) cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster
Derived terms
* bight lobster
* furry lobster
* globster
* lobsterback
* lobster caterpillar
* lobsterer
* lobsterette
* lobsterish
* lobsterlike
* lobster louse
* lobsterman
* lobster pot
* lobster pound
* lobster shift
* lobster thermidor
* lobstery
* Norway lobster
* reef lobster
* rock lobster
* slipper lobster
* spiny lobster
* squat lobster
* true lobster
See also
* crawfish
* crayfish
* prawn
* shrimp
* yabby
* (pedia)
Verb
(
en verb)
To fish for lobsters.
Anagrams
*
crayfish
Alternative forms
* (l)
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
Noun
(en-noun)
(New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
(AU, NZ, South Africa) A rock lobster.
Usage notes
The term crayfish'' predominates in the region of New England and in New York, Pennsylvania Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In much of the United States—in the South, especially in Louisiana and Texas; in the Midwest and in the West—''crawfish'' predominates. In a belt stretching across Kentucky through Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in Oregon and northern California, the term ''crawdad predominates.[[http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/]]
Synonyms
* (freshwater crustaceans) crawdad, crawfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)
See also
* lobster
* prawn
* shrimp
* yabby
