- The
spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias), spurdog, mud shark, or
piked dogfish is one of the best
known species of the
Squalidae (dogfish)
family of sharks...
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Spiny lobsters, also
known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a
family (Palinuridae) of
about 60
species of
achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda...
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Echidnas (/ɪˈkɪdnəz/),
sometimes known as
spiny anteaters, are quill-covered
monotremes (egg-laying mammals)
belonging to the
family Tachyglossidae /tækiˈɡlɒsɪdiː/...
- Look up
spiny in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Spiny may
refer to:
Spiny, Poland, a
village in the
district of
Gmina Pakosławice,
within Nysa County...
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Spiny rat may
refer to: Echimyidae, the
Neotropical spiny rats, a
family of
South and
Central American caviomorph rodents or any of the
following genera...
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spiny mice
Western Saharan spiny mouse,
Acomys airensis Cairo spiny mouse,
Acomys cahirinus Chudeau's
spiny mouse,
Acomys chudeaui Asia
Minor spiny mouse...
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Spiny lizards is a
common name for the
genus Sceloporus in the
family Phrynosomatidae. The
genus is
endemic to
North America, with
various species ranging...
- The name
spiny eel is used to
describe members of two
different families of fish: the
freshwater Mastacembelidae of Asia and Africa, and the
marine (and...
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group of
parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or
spiny-headed worms,
characterized by the
presence of an
eversible proboscis, armed...
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catch with
their bills and
swallow whole while swimming. A
penguin has a
spiny tongue and
powerful jaws to grip
slippery prey. They
spend about half of...
