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Webster 1913 Edition
Shellfish
Shell′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
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.
Definition 2025
shellfish
shellfish
English
Cooked mussels
Noun
shellfish (countable and uncountable, plural shellfish or shellfishes)
- An aquatic invertebrate, such as a mollusc or crustacean, that has a shell, especially as food.
Translations
aquatic food that has a shell
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