shellfish

shell·fish  (shlfsh)

n. pl. shellfish or shell·fish·es

An aquatic animal, such as a mollusk or crustacean, that has a shell or shell-like exoskeleton.

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shellfishing n.

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shellfish [ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc mussel - black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine huitre, oyster - edible body of any of numerous oysters clam - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams cockle - common edible European bivalve crabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs crawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse, crayfish - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly limpet - mollusk with a low conical shell lobster - flesh of a lobster crayfish, langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California escallop, scollop, scallop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
	2.	shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell mollusc, mollusk carapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification Mollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk gastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle, chiton - primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

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shellfish

noun molluscs, crustacean, bivalve Fish and shellfish are the specialities.

Shellfish

clam, clappy-doo or clabby-doo (Scot.), cockle, crab, crayfish or crawfish, Dublin Bay prawn, freshwater shrimp, king prawn, langoustine, lobster, Moreton Bay bug, mussel, Norway lobster, oyster, prawn, scallop or scollop

Translations

shellfish [ˈʃelfɪʃ] N (shellfish (pl)) (Zool) → crustáceo m; (as food) → marisco(s) m(pl)

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shellfish [ˈʃɛlfɪʃ] [shellfish] (pl)

n (= crustacean) → crustacé m (= mollusc) → coquillage m

npl (to eat) → fruits mpl de mer
shell game n (US)

(lit) tour de passe-passe qui se pratique avec des gobelets

(= fraud) → escroquerie f

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shellfish [ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ] n pl inv (crab) → crostaceo; (mollusc) → mollusco (Culin) → frutti mpl di mare

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shellfish [ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ] n pl inv (crab) → crostaceo; (mollusc) → mollusco (Culin) → frutti mpl di mare

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shellfish → محار jedlý korýš skaldyr Schalentier οστρακόδερμο crustáceo äyriäinen coquillages školjke crostaceo 貝 조개 schelpdier skalldyr skorupiak mariscos моллюск skaldjur สัตว์น้ำประเภทมีเปลือก kabuklu deniz ürünü trai sò 贝类