nephrops
(ˈnɛfrɒps)
[mod.L. (W. E. Leach 1816, in Trans. Linn. Soc. XI. 344), f. nephro- + Gr. ὄψ eye.]
= Dublin (Bay) prawn (Dublin); = Norway lobster (s.v. Norway1).
| [1830 Edin. Encycl. 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.] 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. 1971 Nature 29 Jan. 299/1 Nephrops tends to stay hidden away during the day, coming out during the night. |