langoustine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of langoustine
1910–15; < French < Spanish langostino, equivalent to langost ( a ) crayfish (< Vulgar Latin, for Latin locusta kind of crustacean, locust ) + -ino -ine 1
Example Sentences
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I really enjoy shellfish, especially scallops, lobster and langoustine.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024
“If society’s shakers are divided between the insiders and the outsiders, Sir Christopher Meyer is more insider-ish than a langoustine snug in its shell,” wrote British author Jasper Gerard in the Sunday Times.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
Tibau, one of the two remaining fishermen in this speck of a Mediterranean town about 100 miles north of Barcelona, was hoping for a haul of lobster, langoustine and scorpionfish.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2022
He brings hand-harvested Scottish scallops, rope-grown mussels and creel-caught crab and langoustine to city-bound cooks in Britain.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2021
And he wowed during the chef's table episode, where fellow Brummie Glynn Purnell told him he "smashed it" with his plate of suckling pig belly with black pudding and langoustine.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2019
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