As nouns the difference between scampi and lobster
is that scampi is a cooked Norwegian Lobster Nephrops norvegicus while 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.
As an adjective lobster is
red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
As a verb lobster is
to fish for lobsters.
scampi
English
Noun
(
wikipedia scampi)
(
scampi)
a cooked Norwegian Lobster Nephrops norvegicus
a langoustine or Norwegian lobster
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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
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