land crab
any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
Origin of land crab
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How to use land crab in a sentence
Shuddering with horror, he shook it violently from him, and a large land-crab fell with a crash on the stones.
A Desperate Voyage | Edward Frederick KnightEven that poor groping old land-crab, with his skull full of pulp, had pride.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc | Mark TwainA crawfish or "land crab" will serve as a typical medium for describing the method of preparing specimens of this nature.
Taxidermy | Leon Luther PrayHence, in the season, land-crab parties start from every village for the spots where they are to be found.
Lost in the Jungle | Paul Du ChailluI told them it was a land-crab--which we might call the cocoa-nut crab, as we owed such a store to it.
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island | Johann David Wyss
British Dictionary definitions for land crab
any of various crabs, esp of the tropical family Gecarcinidae, that are adapted to a partly terrestrial life
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