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Cancer comparison table

Subject	has definition	has historical origin	has historical image	has synonym	has acronym	has boundary	is a kind of	has genitive	is an instance of
zodiacal constellation	a constellation within the Zodiac region, each is a sign of the zodiac except for Ophiuchus	a constellation which the Sun passes through				defined in equatorial coordinates	constellation	which is used when referring to a star in the constellation
Cancer		the crab sent by Hera to distract Hercules from his battle with the Hydra		Crab	Cnc			Cancri	zodiacal constellation

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