coconut crab

English

Wikispecies

Noun

coconut crab (plural coconut crabs)

1. A species of terrestrial hermit crab, Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.

Synonyms

• (Birgus latro): palm thief, robber crab

Translations

Birgus latro

• Catalan: cranc dels cocoters m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椰子蟹 (yēzixiè)

• Dutch: klapperdief
• Finnish: palmurosvo
• German: Palmendieb (de) m, Kokosdieb m, Kokosnussdieb m
• Hungarian: pálmatolvaj
• Ivatan: tatus
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• Japanese: 椰子蟹 (ja) (やしがに, yashigani), まっかん蟹 (まっかんがに, makkangani)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí
• Russian: па́льмовый вор m (pálʹmovyj vor), коко́совый краб m (kokósovyj krab)
• Spanish: cangrejo de los cocoteros m
• Telugu: కొబ్బరి పీత (te) (kobbari pīta)