Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

land lobster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
land lob-ster
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.

Etymology

From land + lobster.

Inflected Forms

land lobsters (plural) landlobster (alternative)

Questions

What does land lobster mean?
The Lord Howe Island stick insect (phasmid), Dryococelus australis.
Where does land lobster come from?
From land + lobster.

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