palm crab
noun
The robber crab, Birgus latro (family Paguridae), of the Indo-Pacific area, which climbs palm trees to obtain coconuts.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- paternoster
- paternostered
- paternosterer
- paternostering
- paternoster lake
- paternoster lift
- paternoster line
- paternoster peas
- paternoster pump
- paternoster wheel
- pateroller
- Paterson
- Paterson's curse
- Paterson, William
- Pater, Walter
- patesi
- Patess
- pate sur pate
- patete
- path
- -path
- Pathan
- pat hand
- path-breaker
- path-breaking