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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 Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CANCER MAGISTER (noun)


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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