coconut crab

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Noun

coconut crab (plural coconut crabs)

1. Any of the species Birgus latro of large, terrestrial hermit crabs which live on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean, feeding on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.

Synonyms

• (Birgus latro): palm thief, robber crab

Translations

Birgus latro

• Catalan: cranc dels cocoters m
• Cebuano: tatus
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椰子蟹 (zh) (yēzixiè)

• Czech: krab palmový m
• Dutch: klapperdief
• Esperanto: kokoskrabo
• Finnish: palmurosvo
• French: crabe de cocotier m
• German: Palmendieb (de) m, Kokosdieb m, Kokosnussdieb m
• Hawaiian: pāpaʻi niu
• Hungarian: pálmatolvaj
• Indonesian: ketam kenari
• Italian: granchio del cocco m, granchio latro m
• Ivatan: tatus
• Japanese: 椰子蟹 (ja) (やしがに, yashigani), まっかん蟹 (まっかんがに, makkangani)
• Korean: 야자집게 (yajajipge)
• Malay: ketam kelapa
• Marshallese: barulep
• Mokilese: opup
• Navajo: atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí
• Pohnpeian: emp
• Polish: krab palmowy m
• Portuguese: caranguejo-dos-coqueiros m, ladrão-de-coco m
• Russian: па́льмовый вор m (pálʹmovyj vor), коко́совый краб m (kokósovyj krab)
• Spanish: cangrejo de los cocoteros m
• Telugu: కొబ్బరి పీత (te) (kobbari pīta)
• Vietnamese: cua dừa
• Woleaian: yaff
• Yapese: qayuuy