at nalı yengeci

Limulus polyphemus
#nm_0596📍 Turkey
Language
Turkish
Transliteration
at nali yengeci
IPA
/at naˈlɯ jenɟeˈdʒi/

Compound: at nalı + yengeç at nalı: horseshoe, yengeç: crab ↳ at nalı from at (horse, native Turkic) + nal (horseshoe), from Ottoman Turkish نعل naʿl, from Arabic نَعْل naʿl (sandal, horseshoe) ↳ yengeç from Old Anatolian Turkish yengeç, from Proto-Turkic *yeŋgeç (crab)

Atlantic horseshoe crab, a chelicerate arthropod (not a true crab) with a horseshoe-shaped carapace and a long spike-like tail. Found along the western Atlantic coast of North America.