land crab
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of land crab
First recorded in 1630–40
Example Sentences
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Ascension Island has a wealth of species native to the island that have been affected by plastic pollution, such as the land crab, frigate bird and various species of sharks, turtles, fish and seabirds.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
The largest land animal was a variety of land crab.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2016
A land crab dinner costs $10 in May and June, but up to $15 in the winter.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015
Ultimately, most seeds were consumed by agoutis—or by the occasional land crab, squirrel or spiny rat.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 16, 2012
But the truth was that a land crab, with an unsolvable mania for playing the rôle of torchbearer, would be scuttling away with the stub in one of its claws.
From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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