genus cancer

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Cancridae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cancer magister, dungeness crab,
definition	:	small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cancer irroratus, rock crab,
definition	:	crab of eastern coast of North America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cancer borealis, jonah crab,
definition	:	large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cancridae, family cancridae,
definition	:	many of the best known edible crabs (noun.animal)