crab canon

noun

Etymology

From the mistaken medieval notion that crabs move backwards.

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crab canon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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