american lobster

Noun american lobster has 2 senses

• american lobster(n = noun.food) maine lobster, northern lobster - flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas;
is a part of american lobster, homarus americanus, maine lobster, northern lobster
is a kind of lobster

• american lobster(n = noun.animal) homarus americanus, maine lobster, northern lobster - lobster of Atlantic coast of America;
is a kind of true lobster
is a member of genus homarus, homarus
has parts: american lobster, maine lobster, northern lobster