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shell⋅fish

[shel-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
an aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE scilfisc. See shell, fish
shell·fish   (shěl'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. shellfish or shell·fish·es
An aquatic animal, such as a mollusk or crustacean, that has a shell or shell-like exoskeleton.
shell'fish'ing n.

Shellfish

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.
Language Translation for : shellfish
Spanish: crustáceo, marisco(s),
German: das Schalentier,
Japanese:
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