Hoff crab
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
Hoff crab (plural Hoff crabs)
- A species of lobster, Kiwa tyleri, that inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vents near Antarctica.