cancer

The Crab; the fourth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of June, and commences the summer solstice.

cancer
cancer, cri (gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, Cato R. R. 157, 3), m....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
cancer
cancer crī, m 2 CAN-+CVR-, a crab, seacrab, river-crab : litoreus, O.— The Crab (in the zodiac): ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Cancer
·noun A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo. II. Cancer ·noun A genus of decapod Crustace...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language