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chicken lobster

noun

a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kilogram) or less.

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Origin of chicken lobster

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70

Words nearby chicken lobster

chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered, chicken lobster, chicken louse, chicken mushroom, chicken out, chickenpox, chickenpox immune globulin (human)
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