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CANCER MAGISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cancer magister mean?
• CANCER MAGISTER (noun)
The noun CANCER MAGISTER has 1 sense:
1. small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
Familiarity information: CANCER MAGISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cancer magister; Dungeness crab
Hypernyms ("Cancer magister" 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)
Meronyms (parts of "Cancer magister"):
Dungeness crab (flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab))
Holonyms ("Cancer magister" is a member of...):
Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)
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