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Definition of Cancer borealis
1. Noun. Large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Borealis
Literary usage of Cancer borealis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"cancer borealis, Stimpson, occurs in the same localities as Cancer irroratus,
only being a heavier and more massive species it does not equally court ..."
2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... which are described in the preceding paper, are a set of proprioceptive cells
in the crabs cancer borealis and Cancer irroratus that contain serotonin ..."
3. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill, Sidney Irving Smith (1874)
"Hist. Soc., vol. i, p. 303, 1867. Labrador to South Carolina. cancer borealis
Stimpson. (pp. 486, 493. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1874)
"Among the more interesting littoral species obtained on the shores of Casco Bay
and vicinity are Littorina littorea and the cancer borealis. ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1874)
"Among the more interesting littoral species obtained on the shores of Casco Bay
and vicinity are Littorina littorea and the cancer borealis. ..."
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