Researchers discovered that after having the lobster's larger claw, the crusher claw, clamp down on a load cell, a pressure-measuring device. This claw looks like it has molars because it's used to break up anything hard like crabs, clams, mussels.
[sic] is an abbreviation for âsic erat scriptumâ which is Latin for âthus it had been writtenâ, meaning that the quote prior was transcribed as it was found in the original source, complete with errors, coloquialisms etc. 1  Belaon March 31, 2015 1:58 am.
Sic in square brackets is an editing term used with quotations or excerpts. It means âthatâs really how it appears in the original.â. It is used to point out a grammatical error, misspelling, misstatement of fact, or, as above, the unconventional spelling of a name.iven the context that [sic] appears in writing; and that, it is usually made implicit that the writer is quoting someone directly, it serves the purpose of informing the reader that the writer is not imbecile (which it does regardless of .).