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Old 10-28-2002, 08:45 AM   #4
Leus
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Re: It looks like a string of bad translations

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Originally posted by ElPresidente1972
Languste sounds like a bad translation of the Spanish word "langostina" which is a european equivalent to a crawfish / crayfish. Think of a lobster with the claws of a fiddler crab, that's what the critter in question looks like. Bigger than American crawfish, IIRC.
-EP
Actually, "langostina" sounds like a wrong transcription of the spanish word "langostino" (Penaeus Kerathurus). The closest that "Languste" sounds to a spanish word is "Langosta". The Langosta does have big claws. There are many "langostas", but the one pictured in the photo looks like a Bogavante (Homarus Gammarus).

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