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Shellfish
Meaning
Noun
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In Seafood:
A
fisheries
and
colloquial
term
for an
aquatic
invertebrate
having an
inner
or
outer
shell
, such as a
mollusc
or
crustacean
, especially when edible.
●
In Crustaceans, Mollusks & Seafood:
A
culinary
and
nutritional
term
for several
groups
of non-piscine, non-tetrapod,
aquatic
animals
that are used as a food
source
. The
term
often
exclusively
refers
to
edible
aquatic
crustaceans
,
bivalve
mollusks
and
cephalopod
mollusks
; but sometimes
echinoderms
may be included as well.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
shellfish
English
fish
English
fiscian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
shell
English
schelle
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Prawns
Tuna
Seaweed
Fishes
Fish
Clams
Algae
Eggs
Vegetables
Lobster
Pork
Tilapia
Sardines
Meats
Meat
Plankton
Copepods
Dairy
Phytoplankton
Lobsters
Insects
Krill
Corals
Oyster
Swordfish
Foods
Mushrooms
Anchovies
Birds
Catfish
Finfish
Prawn
Fishery
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