Nephropsn.
/ˈnɛfrɒps/, U.S. /ˈnɛfrɑps/ A genus of slender lobsters; (also nephrops) a lobster of this genus, esp. the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, or langoustine, N. norvegicus.
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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
camaron1880
Dublin prawn1911
langostino1915
scampi1928
langoustine1946
1814 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) VII. 398/2 This last [sc. Astacus Norvegicus] is considered as a distinct genus by Mr. Leach, under the name of Nephrops, from the kidney shaped eye.
1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) 67 The Norway lobster (Nephrops), which lives on muddy bottoms.
1961 New Statesman 23 June 1000/3 She is fishing off Barra, both seine-netting and after nephrops (scampi), a new and at present a paying type of fishery.
1979 Fleetwood Chron. 21 July 19 Minimum mesh sizes are 70 millimetres (single twine) and 75 mm (double twine) for both nephrops and white fish.
2000 Guardian 14 Aug. i. 3/8 This group of prawn type species—nephrops as they are known—are now as important a catch as haddock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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