Cancer

See also: cancer, cáncer, Cáncer, càncer, cancèr, câncer, and Câncer

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

Proper noun

Cancer m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cancridae – true crabs, distinguished by the presence of a single posterolateral spine (on the edge of the carapace, towards the rear), anterolateral spines with deep fissures (on the carapace edge, towards the front), and a short extension of the carapace forward between the eyes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata – suborder; Brachyura – infraorder; Eubrachyura – section; Heterotremata – subsection; Cancroidea – superfamily; Cancridae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cancer pagurus (edible crab or brown crab) – type species; Cancer bellianus (toothed rock crab), Cancer borealis (Jonah crab), Cancer irroratus (Atlantic rock crab), Cancer johngarthi, Cancer plebejus, Cancer porteri, Cancer productus (red rock crab) – species

References

• Cancer (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cancer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cancer (Brachyura) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons