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cancrizans en · NOUN

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, present participle of cancrizāre (“to go backwards”), from Latin cancr-, cancer (“crab”) + Late Latin -izāre (“-ize”).

Meanings

  1. A type of canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order

Forms

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Relateds

crab canon