granseola
Maja squinado
#nm_0573📍 Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Transliteration
- granseola
- IPA
- /granˈsɛola/
Compound: granzo + zeola granzo: crab, zeola: onion, for the rounded carapace shape ↳ Venetian compound; granzo from Latin cancer (crab), zeola a diminutive of ceola/cevolla (onion), from Latin cepulla, from cepa (onion)
Large spider crab with a spiny reddish carapace reaching about 20 cm across, and long slender legs. Found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean.