different between lobster vs scampo

English

Etymology

From Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre.

Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop +? -ster.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?b.st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?b.st?/
• Rhymes: -?bst?(?)

Adjective

lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)

1. red-colored, especially from a sunburn.

Noun

lobster (countable and uncountable, plural lobsters)

1. A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
   • 1991, Markus Grosskopf, "Shit and Lobster", Helloween, Pink Bubbles Go Ape.

2. A crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
3. (slang, historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
4. (slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.

Synonyms

• (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat

Hyponyms

• (crustacean in Palinuridae): cray, langouste, spiny lobster, rock lobster

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• crawfish
• crayfish
• mudbug
• prawn
• shrimp
• yabby
• lobster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)

1. To fish for lobsters.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bolster, Bortles, Strobel, Stroble, bolster, bolters, reblots, rebolts, trobles

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scampo.

Noun

scampo (plural scampi)

1. Alternative form of scampi

Anagrams

• campos, compas

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skam.po/
• Rhymes: -ampo

Etymology 1

Deverbal of scampare.

Noun

scampo m (plural scampi)

1. escape, way out

Etymology 2

From Venetian scampo, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kámpos, “sea monster”), or Ancient Greek ????? (kamp?, “bending, bow”).

Noun

scampo m (plural scampi)

1. prawn (shrimp of the suborder Dendrobranchiata)

   Coordinate terms: gambero, gamberetto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

scampo

1. first-person singular present indicative of scampare

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