Langust
Palinurus elephas
#nm_0405📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Langust
- IPA
- /laŋˈɡust/
From French langouste (spiny lobster), from Old Provençal langosta (grasshopper; later spiny lobster) ↳ From Latin locusta (locust, crustacean)
European spiny lobster. Distinguished from true lobsters by lack of claws. Nocturnal, hides in rocky crevices. Highly prized.