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any of numerous decapod crustaceans of the section Brachyura, which have the first pair of legs modified into pincers and can move in any direction, including sideways and backwards; a crab.
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the vine Momordica cochinchinensis (= Muricia cochinchinensis) of Cucurbitaceae family.
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the fourth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about June 21; the Cancer.