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shellfish Definition

shell·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. -·fish′, -·fish′es

any aquatic animal with a shell, esp. an edible one, as the clam or lobster

Etymology: ME shellfyssche < OE scilfisc < sciel, shell + fisc, fish

shellfish Synonyms

shellfish

n.

crustacean, mollusk, molluscoid, crustaceous animal, invertebrate, marine invertebrate, marine animal, arthropod, gastropod, Arthropoda, molluskan type, bivalve, shell-meat.

Types of shellfish include: crab, lobster, clam, shrimp, prawn, crawfish, crayfish, mussel, oyster, scallop, quahog, whelk, piddock, cockle, abalone, snail, boxfish, isopod, laemadipod, trilobite, branchiopod, corepod, malacostran.

shellfish Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gather: The Act also applies to people using others to gather shellfish.
  • harvest: All commercially harvested shellfish are subject to strict hygiene regulations.
  • eat: For example, someone living near a nuclear site who eats local shellfish may be part of a critical group.
  • cook: We have a wide range of fresh local shellfish simply cooked to eat in or for sale to take home.
  • collect: People fished from reed rafts using lines and nets and collected shellfish.
  • catch: They still have small boats that catch shellfish like lobster and crabs.

Preposition: for

  • consumption: It is not intended, by itself, to protect the quality of shellfish for consumption.

Adjective modifier

  • raw: You might also want to avoid giving raw shellfish to your toddler to reduce their risk of getting food poisoning.
  • fresh: We have a wide range of fresh local shellfish simply cooked to eat in or for sale to take home.
  • live: They arrive empty from the continent and book into various fishing ports to load live shellfish.
  • small: It keeps to the bottom - grubbing for insect larvae - worms and small shellfish.
  • local: We have a wide range of fresh local shellfish simply cooked to eat in or for sale to take home.
  • other: There are many other edible shellfish, a number of which it would be possible to cultivate.

Modifies a noun

  • poisoning: On May 30 more than 80 people were affected with paralytic shellfish poisoning.
  • harvesting: More Shellfish harvesting classification Thursday 20 April 2006 Classification of shellfish harvesting areas in Scottish waters.
  • toxin: North Isles scallop fishing ban The first outbreak of algal bloom in Orkney this year to produce shellfish toxins was reported at the weekend.
  • fishery: The shellfish fisheries sector itself was expected to take the initiative in managing the implementation of low impact measures.
  • allergy: Is also seafood free for those with shellfish allergy concerns.
  • gathering: However, in respect of shellfish gathering, the legislation also applies to direct employment or use of labor.

Noun used with modifier

  • bivalve: Interest has been expressed in recent years over the potential to dredge for other bivalve shellfish found locally for which European markets exist.

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