Lobster Lingo - Learn all about Rhode Island Lobsters
If you're a lobster lover, learn the
lobster lingo:
Hen
A female lobster.
Bug
Slang for lobster.
Cull
A lobster missing one or both claws.
Pistol
A lobster missing both claws
Lobsters can regenerate legs, claws, and antennae. In fact they can amputate their own claws and legs (autonomy) to escape danger. The term 'amputate' can be in the passive sense as well. I've seen a lobster spontaneously drop a claw for no apparent reason.
Lobsters may come in a variety of colors besides the usual blue-green, including blue, yellow, red, and white. Some even come in two colors, having half of their shell one color and the other half a totally different color. Of these only the white ones (true albinos) don't turn red when cooked.
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