shellfish

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
2. (countable, uncountable) A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

Concepts

coquillage

mollusque

coquillages

coquillages et crustacés

fruits de mer

coquille

🐚

porcelaine blanche

crustacé

bisque

fruits

biscuit

Synonymes

mussel

mollusc

clam

mollusk

shell

🐚

cockle

conch

crustacean

ark shell

oyster

🦪

scallop

seashell

snail

🐌

pearl shell

scollop

eggs

fish

🐟

meat

🥩

hammer oyster

Astacus

Old World crayfish

ecrevisse

nudibranch

physa

piddock

shell stitch

worm shells

mollusk

barnacle

mollusc

bivalve

Cancer

♋

cochlea

crab

🦀

crawdad

crawfish

crayfish

enemy

gastropod

periwinkle

seafood

univalve

escallop

Traductions

Schalentier

crostaceo

molusco

marisco

marisco

mollusco

Muschel

οστρακόδερμο

schelpdier

mol·lusc

Cypraeidae

Schellfisch

Weichtier

Trisoides yongei

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: schellefyssch

Hérité de ancien anglais: sċielfisċ

In summary

Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.