coconut crab
coconut crab
nounDefinition of COCONUT CRAB
: a large edible coconut-eating burrowing land crab (Birgus latro) widely distributed about islands of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans
First Known Use of COCONUT CRAB
circa 1889
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