coconut crab
coconut crab noun: 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.
Noun
coconut crab (plural coconut crabs)
- 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:
- palm thief, robber crab
coconut crab meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malay and Indonesian
coconut crab in Tamil
- தேங்காய் நண்டு
coconut crab in Telugu
- Birgus latro
- కొబ్బరి పీత kobbari pīta
coconut crab in Malay
- Birgus latro
- ketam kelapa
coconut crab in Indonesian
- Birgus latro
- ketam kenari
More languagesFewer languages
- coconut crab in Vietnamese
- cua dừa
Synonyms of coconut crab
Forms of coconut crab
| plural | coconut crabs |
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Questions about coconut crab
- What does coconut crab mean?
- Coconut crab means 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.
- What is coconut crab in Tamil?
- Coconut crab in Tamil is தேங்காய் நண்டு. See Coconut crab meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coconut crab?
- Coconut crab is a noun.
- What is the plural of coconut crab?
- The plural of coconut crab is coconut crabs.
Words near coconut crab in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: coconut crab (page history and authors); coconut crab (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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