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Definition of Cancer magister
1. Noun. Small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America.
Generic synonyms: Crab
Group relationships: Cancer, Genus Cancer
Terms within: Dungeness Crab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Magister
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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