coconut crab

English

Wikispecies

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.

Synonyms

• (Birgus latro): palm thief, robber crab

Translations

Birgus latro

• Catalan: cranc dels cocoters m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椰子蟹 (zh) (yēzixiè)

• Dutch: klapperdief
• Esperanto: kokoskrabo
• Finnish: palmurosvo
• French: crabe de cocotier m
• German: Palmendieb (de) m, Kokosdieb m, Kokosnussdieb m
• Hawaiian: pāpaʻi niu
• Hungarian: pálmatolvaj
• 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)
• Mokilese: opup
• Navajo: atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí yąąh dah sidáhígíí
• 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