English Explanatory Dictionary

crab canon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A contrapuntal composition in which one melody is superimposed on the same melody in reverse

Word forms

crab canon crab canons

Etymology

From the mistaken medieval notion that crabs move backwards.

Related words

cancrizans mirror canon
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