Crab cracker

A crab cracker (also known as a lobster cracker or crab claw cracker) is a specialized food utensil, similar in construction (and sometimes appearance) to certain types of nutcrackers, used to crack the hard shells of crabs and lobsters by pulling the two handles together to access the flesh inside, while preparing or eating them. ^[1]

6 relations: Crab, Declawing of crabs, Exoskeleton, Kitchen utensil, Lobster, Nutcracker.

Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) (translit.

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Declawing of crabs

Declawing of crabs is the process whereby one or both claws of a live crab (including king crabs) are manually pulled off and the animal is then returned to the water.

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Exoskeleton

An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω, éxō "outer" and σκελετός, skeletós "skeleton") is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of, for example, a human.

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Kitchen utensil

A kitchen utensil is a small hand held tool used for food preparation.

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Lobster

Lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans.

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Nutcracker

A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells.

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Lobster cracker.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_cracker

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