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