Genus Homarus (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Homarus consists of only two species, the American lobster and the European lobster.
- Homarus is a genus of lobsters that are commercially important due to their high culinary value.
- The European lobster, part of the genus Homarus, is mainly found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
- Homarus americanus, a species within the genus Homarus, is native to the Atlantic coast of North America.
- Genus Homarus includes the large clawed lobsters which are exploited for their high economic value worldwide.