camaronn.
/kaməˈrəʊn//ˈkamərən/ A freshwater shrimp or prawn resembling the crayfish.
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gamba1950
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of Nephropsidae of Astacura (lobster)
Norway lobster1777
Nephrops1814
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Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
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langoustine1946
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish 329 These fluviatile prawns (known in many places by the name of ‘Cammarons’) are not unfrequently confounded with true crayfishes.
1920 Glasgow Herald 31 Dec. 12 Camarons are excellent when boiled.
1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano vii. 229 The boy brought them camarones, red shrimps in a saucer.
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 371 Nephrops norvegicus…is known by the following common names:..Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, North Shields prawn, Beardog (Britain)..Langostino, Camaron, Cigala, Maganto, Escamarlanch (Spain).
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