shellfish | ||
1. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) | |
Related terms: | seafood huitre crayfish clam cockle crab mussel limpet lobster spiny_lobster scallop mollusk | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | |
Synonyms: | mollusc mollusk | |
Related terms: | invertebrate bivalve cephalopod scaphopod gastropod chiton Mollusca carapace cuticle | |
Similar spelling: |
selfish shelf_ice selfishly |