Definition of Langouste

1. Noun. Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California.

Exact synonyms: Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Spiny Lobster
Group relationships: Crawfish, Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Sea Crawfish, Spiny Lobster
Generic synonyms: Shellfish

2. Noun. Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
Exact synonyms: Crawfish, Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Sea Crawfish, Spiny Lobster
Generic synonyms: Lobster
Group relationships: Genus Palinurus, Palinurus
Terms within: Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Spiny Lobster

Definition of Langouste

1. Noun. The spiny lobster ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Langouste

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Langouste

langers
langest
langet
langets
langisite
langite
langlauf
langlaufer
langlaufers
langlauffer
langlaufs
langleys
langostino
langostinos
langour
langouste
langoustes
langoustine
langoustines
langrages
langrel
langrels
langret
langrets
langridge
langridges
langs
langsat
langsats

Literary usage of Langouste

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy by Auguste Brachet (1882)
"Langouste, sf. a lobster ; in O. Fr. both a locust and a lobster. In a I3th-cent. ... Locusta becomes langouste by addition of n, see concombre. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Brit., TXX, or the Langouste commune of the French, is sometimes half a ... Nat.; that of Langouste, Nouv. Diet . d'Hist. Nat., Ed. II, and the same in the ..."

3. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"Anse des Flamands La Langouste Bale des Anges Hotel IT 590-27-63-61, fax 590-27-83-44 Seafood, Creole, and French $$$ Lunch and dinner served daily during ..."

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