CANCER


Meaning of CANCER in English

■ noun

1》 Astronomy a constellation (the Crab), said to represent a crab crushed under the foot of Hercules.

2》 Astrology the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters at the northern summer solstice (about 21 June).

Derivatives

~ian -'sɪərɪən , -'sɛ:rɪən noun & adjective

Origin

from L.

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