langouste
/ˈlɒŋɡuːst
/noun
A spiny lobster, especially when prepared and cooked.Sometimes referred to as rock lobster or langouste, it is generally found in warmer waters....
- Today we do not have live spiny lobsters (langouste) in great abundance.
- Over there, in the Caribbean, all langoustes are nationalised; they have to be sold to tourists for currency.
Origin
French, from Old Provençal lagosta, based on Latin locusta 'locust, crustacean'.
Rhymes
- fairies' bonnet
- fairies' bonnets
- fairies' caps
- fairies' fingers
- fairies' glove
- fairies' horse
- fairies' petticoats
- fairies' table
- fairies' thimble
- fairies' treasure
- fairies' wealth
- fairily
- fairing
- Fair Isaac Corporation
- fairish
- Fair Isle
- fair keeper
- fair lady
- fairlead
- fairleader
- fairleading
- Fairlight clay
- fair-like
- fairly
- fairly and squarely