scampo
Nephrops norvegicus
#nm_0561📍 Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Transliteration
- scampo
- IPA
- /ˈskampo/
From Venetian scampo (Norway lobster) ↳ possibly from Ancient Greek κάμπος kámpos (sea monster), or from Ancient Greek καμπή kampḗ (bending, curve), referring to the animal's curled tail
Norway lobster, a slender orange-pink lobster about 20 cm long with long narrow claws. Burrows in muddy seabed sediment at depths of 20-800 m. Found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean.