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Definition of robber crab in English: robber crabnoun A large terrestrial crablike crustacean which climbs coconut palms to feed on the nuts, found on islands in the Indo-Pacific area. 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 crabnoun 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.
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