shellfish
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English[edit]
Cooked mussels
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English schellefyssch, shelle fysshe, equivalent to shell + fish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shellfish (countable and uncountable, plural shellfish or shellfishes)
- An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Translations[edit]
aquatic food that has a shell
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- en:Crustaceans
- en:Mollusks
- en:Seafood