langostino

Langostino is a Spanish word meaning prawn but this term is commonly used in the restaurant trade to refer to the meat of the squat lobster, which is neither a true lobster nor a prawn. It is more closely related to porcelain crabs and hermit crabs.In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration allows “langostino” as an acceptable market name for two species:Cervimunida johni, andPleuroncodes monodonThese two species are both less than three inches long, and weigh about 0.4 lbs or less. They are both very different from the animal traditionally referred to as lobster.
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n. prawn, edible marine crustacean that resembles a shrimp

= shrimp, prawn.
Ex: Seafood, including fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, crayfish, mussel, and clam are among the most frequent causes of food allergy.
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