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carcinisation

carcinisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carcinization.

Meaning of carcinization

Noun

carcinization (uncountable)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, evolutionary theory) The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.
    • [page 121] Porcellanopagurus is a quite independent case of the phenomenon which may be called "carcinization," and which consists essentially in a reduction of the abdomen of a macrurous crustacean, together with a depression and broadening of its cephalothorax, so that the animal assumes the...1916, L[ancelot] A[lexander] Borradaile, Crustacea. Part II.—Porcellanopagurus: An Instance of Carcinization (British Museum (Natural History); British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910...

Questions about carcinisation

What is carcinisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Carcinisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carcinization.

Words near carcinisation in the dictionary

  1. carcineretid
  2. carcineretids
  3. carcinid
  4. carcinids
  5. carcinine
  6. carcinisation
  7. carcinise
  8. carcinization
  9. carcinize
  10. carcinized
  11. carcinizes

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