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Definition of Cancer irroratus
1. Noun. Crab of eastern coast of North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Irroratus
Literary usage of Cancer irroratus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill, Sidney Irving Smith (1874)
"Many specimens taken at Wood's Hole, in July and August, contained lobsters,
Homarus Americanus, in abundance ; cancer irroratus; and squids, ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"This is the cancer irroratus of SAY, or rather what he regarded as the female of
... This species was regarded by SAY as the male of his cancer irroratus, ..."
4. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum by Adam White (1847)
"CANCER irroratus, Say, Journ. Acad. Sc. Phil. i. 59, i. 4, /. 2. Sayi, Gould.
Inv. Mass. 323. a. Male. Boston, Mass. Presented by Benjamin Winstone, ..."
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