Can cerite

( Pal.) A petrified crab. Can'cerous, a. [Fr. cancéroux.] Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer. Can'cerously, adv . In the manner of a cancer. Can'cerous ne , n. The state of being cancerous. Can'cer-root, n. ( Bot .) See EPIPHEGUS. Canche, ( kansh , ) a river of France, dep. Pas-de-Calais. It rises near Estrées, and, after a course of 50 m., falls into the British Channel. Can'criform, a . [Lat. cancer, and form a , shape.] Having the form of, or resembling, a crab. - Cancerous; in the form of a cancer.