Definition of Cancer magister

1. Noun. Small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America.

Exact synonyms: Dungeness Crab
Generic synonyms: Crab
Group relationships: Cancer, Genus Cancer
Terms within: Dungeness Crab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Magister

Canary Islanders
Canary Islands
Canary wine
Canavalia
Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia gladiata
Canavan's disease
Canavan's sclerosis
Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
Canberra
Canberran
Canberrans
Cancer
Cancer borealis
Cancer irroratus
Cancer magister (current term)
Cancer the Crab
Cancerian
Cancerians
Cancers
Cancridae
Cancun
Candace
Candi
Candice
Candida
Candida albicans producing proteinase
Candide
Candlemas

Literary usage of Cancer magister

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"Every person who, at any time, takes, catches, kills, has in his possession, buys, sells, or offers for sale any crab (Cancer magister), of less than seven ..."

2. Supplement to the Codes and General Laws of the State of California of 1915 by California, James Henry Deering (1917)
"... for sale any crab (Cancer magister), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ... or crab (Cancer magister), meat not in the shell of any such spiny lobster ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1859)
"TU. f. 2. — In portu " San Francisco." 43. Cancer magister, Dana; US Expl. Exped., Crust. i. 151, pi. vii. f. 1. 44. ..."

4. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Queen Charlotte Island (Smith), Vancouver Island, Oregon, northern to Lower California! Common. Cancer magister Dana. ..."

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