genus cancer

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   type genus of the family Cancridae

   SynonymsCancer

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofCancridae

Questions about genus cancer

What does genus cancer mean?

genus cancer means "type genus of the family Cancridae".

What is another word for genus cancer?

Close synonyms include Cancer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cancer a common word?

genus cancer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.