Defenition of the word shellfish
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Defenition of the word shellfish
- An aquatic invertebrate, such as a mollusc or crustacean, that has a shell.
- invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
- meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Synonyms for the word shellfish
Meronymys for the word shellfish
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- carapace
- mollusc
- Mollusca
- mollusk
- phylum Mollusca
- shell
- shellfish
Hyponyms for the word shellfish
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- bivalve
- cephalopod
- cephalopod mollusk
- chiton
- clam
- coat-of-mail shell
- cockle
- crab
- crabmeat
- crawdad
- crawfish
- crayfish
- ecrevisse
- escallop
- gastropod
- huitre
- lamellibranch
- langouste
- limpet
- lobster
- mussel
- oyster
- pelecypod
- polyplacophore
- rock lobster
- scallop
- scaphopod
- scollop
- sea cradle
- spiny lobster
- univalve
Hypernyms for the word shellfish
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