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Which is an attempted translation of the phrase "ungeheuren Ungeziefer" from Kafka's The Metamorphosis?

A. A large animal
B. A tiny bug
C. A gigantic insect
D. A bird of prey

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C is the correct answer. The translators have been struggling with this word for a long time, but one of the possible translations is 'a gigantic insect'. 
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