The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . rons basely threwst into Lobs pound. S. Butler, Hudibras, I. iii. 910. lobster (lobster), II. [Early mod. E. also lob-star, lojistcr; < ME. lopstcrc, loppcitcr, loppi-ster, a lobster, a stoat, < AS. loppcstre. lopiistre,lopystre, a lobster; ct. lopitst, a locust, for *lo-ciist, < L. locHsta, a shell-fish, lobster, also alocust: see locust^-.] 1. A marine, stalli-eyed,long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the sub-class Podophthalina or Thoracos
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . rons basely threwst into Lobs pound. S. Butler, Hudibras, I. iii. 910. lobster (lobster), II. [Early mod. E. also lob-star, lojistcr; < ME. lopstcrc, loppcitcr, loppi-ster, a lobster, a stoat, < AS. loppcstre. lopiistre,lopystre, a lobster; ct. lopitst, a locust, for *lo-ciist, < L. locHsta, a shell-fish, lobster, also alocust: see locust^-.] 1. A marine, stalli-eyed,long-tailed, ten-footed crustacean of the sub-class Podophthalina or Thoracostraca, orderDecapoda, suborder Macrura, family Hoiiiaridm,and genus Homnrus, such as H. vulgaris of Eu-rope or H. iimericanus of the Atlantic coast ofNorth America. The lobster has two pairs of feelers,one pair short, the other remarkably long. The mouth-parts are modified legs, as in all crustaceans and otlier ar-thropods. The first pair of ambulatory legs are enor-mously and unsymmetrically enlarged and chelate, beingthe great so-called claws. The other four pairs of legsai-e smaller and more strictly ambulatorial, ending in. American Lobster {Homariis atnericnniis simple pincers or single hooks. The cephalothorax is alarge soldered carapace. The abdomen or tail is long,jointed, and flexible, consisting of hard rings or segmentson top and at the sides, and of a soft but tougli membraneunderneath, whicli bears the pleiopods, swimmerets, orswimming-feet; it ends in a set of shelly plates, the tel-son, spreading like a fan, used in swimming. The hairyflaps or processes attached to the roots of the walking-legs are the gills or breathing-organs. The female carriesmasses of eggs (tlie coral or beny) under the most fleshy parts are the muscles of the great clawsand of the tail. Tlie eyes are mounted on short movablestalks, the ophthalmites. Lobsters are carnivorous andpredatory. They live chiefly on rocky sea-coasts. Theymolt or cast their shell periodically. The natura
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