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crab canon

noun

Definition of crab canon

: a musical canon (see canon entry 1 sense 6) in which the comes (see comes entry 2 sense 4) is a retrograde version of the dux

— called also canon cancrizans, retrograde canon

First Known Use of crab canon

1896, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for crab canon

crab entry 3

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