langostino

American  

[lang-guh-stee-noh] / ˌlæŋ gəˈsti noʊ /

noun

Spanish and Creole Cooking.

• langostinos
  plural

1. langoustine.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• langostinos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of langostino

From Spanish; see origin at langoustine

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Example Sentences

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langostino langostinos

Then there's the Popcorn Lobster, which comes with crab meat, avocado, cucumber and langostino tempura.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2015

The FDA ruled that practice acceptable, which allowed chains like Long John Silver’s and Red Lobster to sell the crustacean called langostino and legally attach the word lobster to it.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2012

In 2005, a customer sued Rubio’s, a West Coast taco chain, for misleading the public by selling a langostino lobster burrito.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2012

The line between marketing something like Patagonian toothfish as Chilean sea bass or serving langostino and calling it lobster is a fine one.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2012

You mean that "underwhelming, constipated affair" from a man who speaks as "though halfway through a plate of langostinos a la plancha" rasped Letts of the Mail.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2010

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