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land lobster

land lobster noun: the Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.

land lobster: the Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis
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Noun

land lobster (plural land lobsters)

  1. The Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.

Forms of land lobster

pluralland lobsters
alternative formlandlobster

Origin of land lobster

From land + lobster.

Questions about land lobster

What does land lobster mean?
Land lobster means the Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.
What part of speech is land lobster?
Land lobster is a noun.
What is the plural of land lobster?
The plural of land lobster is land lobsters.

Words near land lobster in the dictionary

  1. land ironclad
  2. land ironclads
  3. land legs
  4. land line
  5. land lines
  6. land lobster
  7. land lobsters
  8. land lover
  9. land lovers
  10. land mark
  11. land marks

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