"coconut crab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coconut crabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coconut crab (plural coconut crabs)
  1. A terrestrial hermit crab of species 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. Wikipedia link: coconut crab Categories (lifeform): Anomurans Synonyms (Birgus latro): palm thief, robber crab Translations (Birgus latro): cranc dels cocoters [masculine] (Catalan), 椰子蟹 (yēzixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), klapperdief (Dutch), kokoskrabo (Esperanto), palmurosvo (Finnish), crabe de cocotier [masculine] (French), Palmendieb [masculine] (German), Kokosdieb [masculine] (German), Kokosnussdieb [masculine] (German), pálmatolvaj (Hungarian), granchio del cocco [masculine] (Italian), granchio latro [masculine] (Italian), tatus (Ivatan), 椰子蟹 (yashigani) (alt: やしがに) (Japanese), まっかん蟹 (makkangani) (alt: まっかんがに) (Japanese), 야자집게 (yajajipge) (Korean), atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí (Navajo), krab palmowy [masculine] (Polish), caranguejo-dos-coqueiros [masculine] (Portuguese), ladrão-de-coco [masculine] (Portuguese), па́льмовый вор (pálʹmovyj vor) [masculine] (Russian), коко́совый краб (kokósovyj krab) [masculine] (Russian), cangrejo de los cocoteros [masculine] (Spanish), కొబ్బరి పీత (kobbari pīta) (Telugu), cua dừa (Vietnamese), yaff (Woleaian)

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      "sense": "Birgus latro",
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