lobster claw

Red seafood appendage

A lobster claw is one of the two large pincers at the front of a lobster, used for crushing and gripping prey.

The claws are prized as the meatiest part when eating lobster.

A lobster claw clasp is a type of jewelry fastener shaped like the pincer.

In botany, lobster claw refers to tropical plants with claw-shaped flowers.

Related

decapod · exoskeleton · inflorescence · pincers · bract · gripper · red shell · molting · ornamental plant · tropical plants · crab · petal · rainforest habitat · knuckle · butter · seafood · drawn butter · succulent

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Opposites
lobster anatomy

lobster clawlobster tail

Edible crustacean hindquarters

carapace · tail fan · antennae · antenna

grasping vs. non-grasping appendages

lobster clawtail fin

Rear swimming appendage

antenna · flipper · tentacle · feeler · fin

appendage form

lobster clawopen hand

Unclenched, spread fingers

palm · tentacle · flipper · fin · hoof

Family

claw, claws, lobster, lobsters, clawed, clawing, crustacean, lobstering

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G