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GENUS CANCER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cancer mean?
• GENUS CANCER (noun)
The noun GENUS CANCER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Cancridae
Familiarity information: GENUS CANCER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Cancridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cancer; genus Cancer
Hypernyms ("genus Cancer" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cancer"):
Cancer magister; Dungeness crab (small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America)
Cancer irroratus; rock crab (crab of eastern coast of North America)
Cancer borealis; Jonah crab (large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America)
Holonyms ("genus Cancer" is a member of...):
Cancridae; family Cancridae (many of the best known edible crabs)
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