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verb
Of a species, to take on a cancroid form in the course of evolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: evolutionary theory
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
Synonyms: crabbify
Antonyms: none provided
History
Back-formation from carcinization; analyzable as Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkĭ́nos, “crab”) + -ize.
