Hoff crab

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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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