scam·pi 
(skămpē, skäm-)
(skămpē, skäm-)n. pl. scampi
1. Large shrimp broiled or sautéed and served in a garlic and butter sauce.
2. See langoustine.
adj.
Served in a garlic and butter sauce: lobster scampi.
[Italian, pl. of scampo, a kind of lobster, from Greek kampē, bending (from its shape), perhaps from Greek kamptein, to bend.]