Definition of Homarus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters.


Definition of Homarus

1. n. A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.

Medical Definition of Homarus

1. A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. Hom"aroid. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Well adjusted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homarus

homacanth
homage
homageable
homaged
homager
homagers
homages
homaging
homalocephalous
homalographic
homaloid
homaloidal
homaloids
homaluria
homarine
homarus (current term)
homatropine
homaxial
homaxonial
hombre
hombres
homburg
homburgs
home
home(a)
home-
home-along
home-baked
home-brewed
home-builder

Literary usage of Homarus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"homarus AMERICANUS Milne-Edwards Material. Specimens of the American lobster may ... Descriptive Part homarus americanus or the common American lobster is a ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"Notes on the Reproduction of Lost Parts in the Lobster (homarus vulgaris). By GEORGE BROOK, Esq., FLS, Lecturer on Comparative Embryology in the University ..."

3. Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Comprising the Characteristic by William Boericke, Oscar E. Boericke (1906)
"homarus. (Digestive Fluid of Live Lobster.) Dyspepsia, sore throat, and headache seem to be a combination that may be controlled by this remedy. ..."

4. A Laboratory Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy by Hermon Carey Bumpus (1892)
"... (homarus americanus), External Anatomy. — Is the animal perfectly " bilaterally symmetrical" ? What characters distinguish the anterior portion of the ..."

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