shellfish
IPA: ʃˈɛɫfɪʃ
noun
- A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
- 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.
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Examples of "shellfish" in Sentences
- The bottom is sand and mud with abundant shellfish.
- There are many shellfish in the shores of the island.
- Fishermen ply the 'Green Canal' in search of shellfish.
- The immediate decompression causes the shellfish to open.
- The book of Leviticus prohibits the consumption of shellfish.
- The shellfish is fresh and sweet and the potato batons are tender.
- From here most of the shellfish of Ireland was exported to Europe.
- In the coastal regions, there was also the added concern of shellfish.
- Blount's family was involved in the shellfish industry since the 1880s.
- Break out a bottle of champagne, but not the one that came with the shellfish.
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