English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoff crab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of lobster, Kiwa tyleri, that inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vents near Antarctica.

Word forms

Hoff crab Hoff crabs

Etymology

From (the) Hoff, nickname of actor David Hasselhoff, with reference to the resemblance of his hairy chest to the crab's dense covering of ventral setae + crab.

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