A large terrestrial crablike crustacean which climbs coconut palms to feed on the nuts, found on islands in the Indo-Pacific area.
盗蟹，椰子蟹。亦称COCONUT CARB
Birgus latro, family Paguridae
Also called coconut crab
Example sentencesExamples
The company participated in the Christmas Island golf day, a three ball ambrose, with the ever-present possibility of losing a golf ball to one of the large robber crabs on the course.
The protected robber crab - the largest on earth - also survives here.
The only obstacle in her way were the large robber crabs everywhere in this area of the course.
The largest of these is the coconut or robber crab, which has even managed to evolve a skin tough enough to discard the need for a shell.
The problem was the robber crabs that survived on the edge of the super colonies - once we dropped a bait there, they found that quite attractive and they headed towards it.
Definition of robber crab in US English:
robber crab
noun
another term for coconut crab
Example sentencesExamples
The only obstacle in her way were the large robber crabs everywhere in this area of the course.
The problem was the robber crabs that survived on the edge of the super colonies - once we dropped a bait there, they found that quite attractive and they headed towards it.
The protected robber crab - the largest on earth - also survives here.
The company participated in the Christmas Island golf day, a three ball ambrose, with the ever-present possibility of losing a golf ball to one of the large robber crabs on the course.
The largest of these is the coconut or robber crab, which has even managed to evolve a skin tough enough to discard the need for a shell.