shellfish
Meaning
- (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.
- (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.
Synonyms
hammer oyster
Astacus
Old World crayfish
ecrevisse
shell stitch
worm shells
Translations
coquillage
Schalentier
crostaceo
molusco
marisco
οστρακόδερμο
schelpdier
mol·luscFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.
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