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shellfish vs spiny lobster

spiny lobster vs shellfish

shellfish and spiny lobster both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shellfish Yes No No No
spiny lobster Yes No No No
As nouns, spiny lobster is a hyponym of shellfish; that is, spiny lobster is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shellfish:
  • shellfish: meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
  • spiny lobster: warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
shellfish (noun) spiny lobster (noun)
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
Difference between shellfish and spiny lobster

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