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Shellfish

Shellfish Meaning & Definition
Shellfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shellfish?

[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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shellfish: mollusc | mollusk

Related Terms | Find terms related to Shellfish:

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Shellfish In Webster's Dictionary

\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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