Meaning of SHELLFISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'shelfish
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- [n] invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- [n] meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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| | Synonyms: | | mollusc, mollusk |
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| | See Also: | | bivalve, carapace, cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk, chiton, clam, coat-of-mail shell, cockle, crab, crabmeat, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, cuticle, ecrevisse, escallop, gastropod, huitre, invertebrate, lamellibranch, langouste, limpet, lobster, mollusc, Mollusca, mollusk, mussel, oyster, pelecypod, phylum Mollusca, polyplacophore, rock lobster, scallop, scaphopod, scollop, sea cradle, seafood, shell, shellfish, shellfish, spiny lobster, univalve | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Shell"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a
shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other
mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
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