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GENUS CANCER

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Cancridae

Synonyms:

Cancer; genus Cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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