Definition of "langouste" [langouste]

• See spiny lobster. (noun)

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• "Astrid was clearly making an effort to look cheerful, but I could tell she was distraught, and even I felt a little guilty at the thought of poor Łukasz, who had been nice to me, languishing in some Communist jail cell while we feasted on langouste and oysters."
• "Her husband, like most French people, was sadly deficient in holiday spirit, and limited his revels to the consumption of oysters and langouste in a restaurant, in the company of his mistress."
• "It was curious to see the dread shown by the common lobster to the langouste."