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CANCER BOREALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cancer borealis mean? 

CANCER BOREALIS (noun)
  The noun CANCER BOREALIS has 1 sense:

1. large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CANCER BOREALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANCER BOREALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cancer borealis; Jonah crab

Hypernyms ("Cancer borealis" is a kind of...):

crab (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)

Holonyms ("Cancer borealis" is a member of...):

Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)


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