ayı yengeci

Maja squinado
#nm_0575📍 Turkey
Language
Turkish
Transliteration
ayi yengeci
IPA
/aˈjɯ jenɟeˈdʒi/

Compound: ayı + yengeç ayı: bear, yengeç: crab ↳ ayı from Old Turkic adığ (bear), of Proto-Turkic origin ↳ yengeç from Old Anatolian Turkish yengeç, from Proto-Turkic *yeŋgeç (crab)

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.