Crossword-Solution: HOMARUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Homarus | n. | A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. |
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| Genus of lobsters. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HOMARUS (5)
The word is corrupted from Jamb, "the side," alluding to the animal's gait; we did not find the true lobster (Homarus vulgaris), the astica of the Adriatic, whose northern waters produce such noble specimens.
One's hero should have a name that rare is; And his was _Homarus_, but--_Vulgaris!_ A Lobster, who dwelt with several others,-- His sisters and brothers,-- In a secluded but happy home, Under the salt sea's foam.
The crayfish, udang laut (Cancer homarus or ecrevisse-de-mer), is as large as the lobster, but wants its biting claws.
Among his Malacostraca he compares point by point the external parts of the carabus (_Palinurus_), and the astacus (_Homarus_), and he compares also the general internal anatomy of the various "genera" he distinguishes.
The genera _Homarus_ and _Nephrops_, together with some others, constitute the family Homaridæ, which again is grouped with other families in a tribe, Nephropsidea, forming a part of the order Decapoda.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1960).