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cancrivorous

cancrivorous adjective: that feeds on crabs and other crustaceans.

Adjective

cancrivorous (comparative more cancrivorous, superlative most cancrivorous)

  1. That feeds on crabs and other crustaceans

Forms of cancrivorous

comparativemore cancrivorous
superlativemost cancrivorous

Origin of cancrivorous

From Latin cancer (“crab”) + -vorous.

Questions about cancrivorous

What does cancrivorous mean?
Cancrivorous means that feeds on crabs and other crustaceans.
What part of speech is cancrivorous?
Cancrivorous is an adjective.

Words near cancrivorous in the dictionary

  1. cancriform
  2. cancrine
  3. cancrinite
  4. cancrinites
  5. cancrisilite
  6. cancrivorous
  7. cancrizans
  8. cancroid
  9. cancroids
  10. cancroine
  11. cancrum oris

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