lobsterling
lobsterling noun: a young or miniature lobster.
Noun
lobsterling (plural lobsterlings)
- A young or miniature lobster.
- In the first few days of the fourth stage the lobsterlings are good swimmers — this is their "redeeming vice" — but the swimming is strong and bears no comparison to the aimless drifting movement characteristic of larval stages.1910, Albert Davis Mead, A method of lobster culture
- The approach of the molt seems to start the lobsterling on its course to the bottom; accordingly when this is delayed until after the fourth stage, it probably does not often occur until the approach of the succeeding molt.1911, Francis Hobart Herrick, Natural history of the American lobster
Forms of lobsterling
| plural | lobsterlings |
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Origin of lobsterling
From lobster + -ling.
Questions about lobsterling
- What does lobsterling mean?
- Lobsterling means a young or miniature lobster.
- What part of speech is lobsterling?
- Lobsterling is a noun.
- What is the plural of lobsterling?
- The plural of lobsterling is lobsterlings.
Words near lobsterling in the dictionary
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