homarus americanus

1. 1.

   lobster of Atlantic coast of America

   SynonymsAmerican lobsterNorthern lobsterMaine lobster

   Broadertrue lobster

   Part ofHomarus

   PartsAmerican lobster

Questions about homarus americanus

What does homarus americanus mean?

homarus americanus means "lobster of Atlantic coast of America".

What is another word for homarus americanus?

Close synonyms include American lobster, Northern lobster, Maine lobster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homarus americanus a common word?

homarus americanus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.