English > genus Cancer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | type genus of the family Cancridae. |
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| Synonym | Cancer |
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| Member of | Cancridae, family Cancridae | Many of the best known edible crabs |
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| Members | Dungeness crab, Cancer magister | small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America |
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| Jonah crab, Cancer borealis | large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America |
| rock crab, Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
| Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
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| Spanish | Cancer, cancer, género Cancer, genus cancer |
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| Catalan | cancer, càncer, genus cancer |
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