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Berried Female - a female lobster with its eggs attached to its swimmerets
Berries - lobster eggs
Bullet - a lobster missing both claws
Bug - slang for lobster
Carapace - the shell covering the cephalothorax
Cephalothorax - a lobster's head and thorax are joined.This term defines the area including the head and thorax.
Cock - a male lobster
Cull - a lobster missing one or both claws
Egger - a berried female
Hard Shell Lobsters - has the hardest shell of all . They can be identified by looking at the underside of the claws of a live animal, black mottling indicates that the animal has a hard shell and has not moulted yet, once cooked, you'll need nutcrackers to get the shell off
Hen - a female lobster
Lobster Pot - see trap
Moult - to shed the shell in order to form a new one to accommodate the animals larger size as it grows
New-Shell Lobster - a lobster that has recently moulted and whose shell is still relatively soft . New shell usually do not get bands put on their claws because they are so soft they can't inflict any damage to other lobster, some shells may be so soft that the band may crush the claw pistol - see bullet
Soft-Shell Lobster - harder than the new-shell . The claws have hardened enough to be banded, once cooked, the shell can usually be removed with bare hands
Trap - a baited cage used to trap lobster