🦞 A large lobster 🍽️ Edible lobster

Maine lobster

1 3.4

A large lobster with sweet, tender meat found off Maine's coast

noun
/meɪn ˈlɒbstər/

: langosta de Maine

The restaurant is famous for its fresh Maine lobster dishes.
Maine lobster roll
Maine lobster salad
fresh Maine lobster

Examples

Every summer, tourists come to the coast to sample Maine lobster.
She ordered a whole Maine lobster at the seafood market.
I love eating Maine lobster during the summer.
Have you ever tried Maine lobster?
The chef prepared a delicious dish featuring Maine lobster with garlic butter and herbs.
During our trip to Maine, we enjoyed authentic Maine lobster served fresh from local waters.
Many seafood restaurants specialize in serving Maine lobster during the summer months.

Synonyms

Homarus americanus

vsMaine lobster

Specialized

8.1

A large lobster that lives on the Atlantic coast of North America and people eat

is a regional form noted for sweet tender meat

American lobster

vsMaine lobster

3.7

A large sea animal with big claws that lives on North America's Atlantic coast

is associated with local harvests and sweet tender meat

Northern lobster

vsMaine lobster

3.2

A large edible lobster from the Atlantic coast of North America or its meat

focuses on the living animal and its regional source rather than meat

Surface Forms

Maine lobster singular

Maine lobsters plural

Morphology

Maine + lobster

This is a straightforward place + noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'Maine' (a U.S. state) and 'lobster' (a sea crustacean) can infer it refers to lobsters from Maine. While some cultural connotations (fame for quality or large claws) require background knowledge, the core referent is transparently derived from the constituents.

Etymology

Maine lobster comes from the big lobsters caught off the coast of Maine. Because these lobsters are large and sweet, the name now refers to that type of lobster.