shellfishes

Variant of shellfish

shellfish definition

shell·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. shellfish -·fish′, shellfishes -·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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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