shellfish
shellfish
Definition
shell·fish (-fis̸h′)
shellfish
Synonyms
shellfish
n.
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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