LOBSPOUND
Lobs"pound`, n. Etym: [Lob + pound a prison.]
Defn: A prison. [Obs.] Hudibras.
LOBSTER
Lob"ster, n. Etym: [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L.
locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. Lobster caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); — so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zoöl.), a copepod crustacean (Nicothoë astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.
LOBULAR
Lob"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. lobulaire.]
Defn: Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
LOBULATE; LOBULATED
Lob"u*late, Lob"u*la`ted, a.
Defn: Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
LOBULE
Lob"ule, n. Etym: [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See Lobe.]
Defn: A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe. Lobule of the ear.
(Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear.