shellfish

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

Origin of shellfish

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English scilfisc.See shell, fish

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British Dictionary definitions for shellfish

shellfish

/ (ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ) /


nounplural -fish or -fishes
  1. any aquatic invertebrate having a shell or shell-like carapace, esp such an animal used as human food. Examples are crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters and molluscs such as oysters

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