langostan.
/laŋˈɡɒstə/ U.S.
1. = locust n. 1. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Orthoptera > family Acrididae > oedipoda migratoria (locust)
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langosta1881
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 131/1 The insect most dreaded is the ‘langosta’ or ‘chapulin’, which at intervals afflicts the entire country, vast columns passing from one end to the other, darkening the air, and destroying every green thing in their course.
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Langosta, any injurious locust or grasshopper: so called in Spanish America and, to some extent, in the southwestern United States.
2. A lobster, esp. the spiny lobster, Palinurus vulgaris (= crayfish n. 3b).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of family Palinuridae
sea-crayfish1601
long oyster1622
red crab1674
crevis fish1688
sea-crawfish1694
crayfish1748
spring lobster1789
Cape lobster1793
rock lobster1810
spiny lobster1819
langouste1832
thorny lobster1833
crayfish1853
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langosta1924
1924 Blackwood's Mag. June 807/1 A friend of his had a wonderful aquarium full of langostas.
1970 J. McPhee Crofter & Laird 22 I don't know what I expected to see come out of there—perhaps a snapping turtle,..or possibly a clawless Spanish langosta.
1977 Washington Post 10 July d3/3 Manuel brought up langosta, clawless lobster, for three of our dinners.
1987 Los Angeles Times 30 Aug. 30/2 Spiny lobsters, such as rock lobsters, crawfish and langosta.
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