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cancriform

cancriform adjective: having the form of a crab.

Adjective

cancriform (comparative more cancriform, superlative most cancriform)

  1. Having the form of a crab.
  2. Resembling cancer.

Forms of cancriform

comparativemore cancriform
superlativemost cancriform

Origin of cancriform

From Latin cancer, cancr- (“crab; cancer”) + -iform.

Questions about cancriform

What does cancriform mean?
Cancriform means having the form of a crab.
What part of speech is cancriform?
Cancriform is an adjective.

Words near cancriform in the dictionary

  1. Cancios
  2. CanCon
  3. Cancoon
  4. cancrid
  5. cancrids
  6. cancriform
  7. cancrine
  8. cancrinite
  9. cancrinites
  10. cancrisilite
  11. cancrivorous

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