langosta

Definitions of langosta
  1. noun
    large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
    synonyms: cámbaro
  2. noun
    small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
    synonyms: cámbaro
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    type of:
    decápodo
    crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax
  3. noun
    migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
  4. noun
    warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
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    type of:
    marisco
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
  5. noun
    hardwood from any of various locust trees
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    type of:
    madera
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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