"Hoff crab" meaning in All languages combined

See Hoff crab on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Hoff crabs [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hoff crab (plural Hoff crabs)
  1. A yeti crab of the species Kiwa tyleri, that inhabits deep-sea hydrothermal vents near Antarctica. Wikipedia link: David Hasselhoff
    Sense id: en-Hoff_crab-en-noun-hsmrvyR4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anomurans

Inflected forms

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