 shellfish |
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| 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 |
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