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Tuna scarce? Perhaps - and lobster, for example (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crustacean

'lobster for example' is the definition.
(lobster is a kind of crustacean)

'tuna scarce? perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tuna'+'scarce'='tunascarce'
'tunascarce' with letters rearranged gives 'CRUSTACEAN'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for crustacean that I've seen before include "Animal like a crab" , "crab maybe" , "crab, for example?" , "Perhaps crab" , "Hard-shelled arthropod" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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