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langosta

American  
[lahng-gaws-tah, lang-gos-tuh] / lɑŋˈgɔs tɑ, læŋˈgɒs tə /

noun

Spanish.
  • langostas
    plural
  1. spiny lobster.


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Boricua culture, old and new, is celebrated in a charming image of a langosta vendor atop a horse and a portrait of Bad Bunny proudly performing in front of a flapping Puerto Rican flag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

We ate langosta for lunch cooked over a fire in the boat, and I managed 13 hours without a bathroom to use.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2019

He always speared the fish or langosta with a sharp stick, but I could not see, of course, to do that.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

I dived many times without again touching the hard shell that meant langosta.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Fish, langosta, mussels, or the eggs from sea urchins, those small, black round sea nnfmnfa with sharp spines that attach themselves to the reefs.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

"Where are you from, gentlemen?"—and when we told them, "¿Y estaban allí las langostas?"

From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor

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