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langosta
Definition of langosta
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: a South or Central American spiny lobster of the genus Panulirus
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Origin and Etymology of langosta
American Spanish, from Spanish, locust, European lobster, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin lacusta, alteration of Latin locusta
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