Defenition of the word shellfish

• Defenition of the word shellfish

  • An aquatic invertebrate, such as a mollusc or crustacean, that has a shell.
  • invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
  • meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

Synonyms for the word shellfish

• • mollusc
  • mollusk

Meronymys for the word shellfish

• • carapace
  • mollusc
  • Mollusca
  • mollusk
  • phylum Mollusca
  • shell
  • shellfish

Hyponyms for the word shellfish

• • bivalve
  • cephalopod
  • cephalopod mollusk
  • chiton
  • clam
  • coat-of-mail shell
  • cockle
  • crab
  • crabmeat
  • crawdad
  • crawfish
  • crayfish
  • ecrevisse
  • escallop
  • gastropod
  • huitre
  • lamellibranch
  • langouste
  • limpet
  • lobster
  • mussel
  • oyster
  • pelecypod
  • polyplacophore
  • rock lobster
  • scallop
  • scaphopod
  • scollop
  • sea cradle
  • spiny lobster
  • univalve

Hypernyms for the word shellfish

• • invertebrate
  • seafood

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