hypercarcinization

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

hyper- +‎ carcinization

Noun

hypercarcinization (uncountable)

  1. (biology, evolution, carcinology) Extreme carcinization in crabs. Convergent evolution of a false crab lineage to completely resemble the true crabs, having become fully carcinized.
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