Meaning
A crab that lives on land, in burrows in the ground rather than in the sea — caught for eating, especially when the rains bring them out to roam and mate. Land crabs (the black crab is the best-known kind) are hunted at night with a lamp, or gathered as they cross the road in the wet, then kept and fed for a few days to clean them before they go in the pot. They are a treasured seasonal catch.
Examples
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Wet weather bring out di land crab.
Wet weather brings out the land crabs.
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Wi go ketch land crab wid di lamp.
We went to catch land crabs with the lamp.
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Feed di land crab before yuh cook it.
Feed the land crab (to clean it) before you cook it.
Origin
From 'land' + 'crab'; a burrowing land-dwelling crab. See [[black-crab]], [[soldier-crab]].
How it’s used
A burrowing land-dwelling crab caught for eating, esp. in the rains. See [[black-crab]], [[soldier-crab]].