langouste
/ˈlɒŋɡuːst
/noun
A spiny lobster, especially when prepared and cooked.Sometimes referred to as rock lobster or langouste, it is generally found in warmer waters....
- Today we do not have live spiny lobsters (langouste) in great abundance.
- Over there, in the Caribbean, all langoustes are nationalised; they have to be sold to tourists for currency.
Origin
French, from Old Provençal lagosta, based on Latin locusta 'locust, crustacean'.
Rhymes
- put one's hands together
- put one's hands up
- put one's head in a noose
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put one's shirt on
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put on flesh
- putonghua
- put on one's thinking cap
- put on (or lose) weight
- put on the dog
- put on the ritz
- put option
- put (or bring or carry) something into effect
- put (or give or set) one's mind to
- put (or have) someone's ass in a sling
- put (or have) the wind up
- put (or lay) one's cards on the table
- put (or lay) one's head (or neck) on the block
- put (or lay) on jam
- put (or place) a premium on
- put (or place) someone on a pedestal
- put (or set) one's hand to the plough
- put (or set) one's house in order
- put (or set) pen to paper