About The Word Shellfish
Learn about the word Shellfish to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Shellfish definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Shellfish
| 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: See Also | bivalve | carapace | cephalopod | cephalopod mollusk | chiton | clam | coat-of-mail shell | cockle | crab | crabmeat | crawdad | crawfish | crayfish | cuticle | ecrevisse | escallop | gastropod | huitre | invertebrate | lamellibranch | langouste | limpet | lobster | mollusc | Mollusca | mollusk | mussel | oyster | pelecypod | phylum Mollusca | polyplacophore | rock lobster | scallop | scaphopod | scollop | sea cradle | seafood | shell | shellfish | shellfish | spiny lobster | univalve 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Causality ‐ the relation between causes…
- Love-philter ‐ a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes…
- Direct ‐ without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went…
- Hutchinson ‐ American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston…
- Pendant earring ‐ an earring with a…
- Dustpan ‐ a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept [n] the…
- Educational activity ‐ the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities…
- Rhodymenia ‐ type genus of the family…
- Anemic hypoxia ‐ hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of…
- Family hydnaceae ‐ tooth fungi