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shellfish

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

shellfish is a term used generally to describe most of the invertebrate animals that are exploited by commercial fisheries. Hence it includes molluscs such as oysters, mussels, clams, and squid, and also crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp, and lobsters.

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shellfish

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

shell·fish / ˈshelˌfish/ • n. (pl. same) an aquatic shelled mollusk (e.g., an oyster or cockle) or a crustacean (e.g., a crab or shrimp), esp. one that is edible. ∎ such mollusks or crustaceans as food.

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shellfish

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

shellfish popular name for certain edible mollusks (see Mollusca ), e.g., oysters, clams, and scallops, and for certain edible crustaceans , e.g., crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. All are aquatic invertebrates with shells; they are not fish.

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shellfish

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

shellfish A wide range of marine molluscs (abalone, clams, cockles, mussels, scallops, oysters, whelks, winkles) and crustacea (members of the zoological order Decapoda: crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, shrimps).

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DAVID A. BENDER. "shellfish." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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shellfish

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

shellfish Common name for edible, shelled molluscs and crustacean. Shelled molluscs include clams, mussels, oysters and scallops; crustaceans include shrimps, lobsters, and crabs.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

shellfish •raffish • damselfish •catfish, flatfish •garfish, starfish •redfish •elfish, selfish, shellfish •devilfish •crayfish, waifish •stiffish • kingfish • jellyfish •killifish • filefish • pipefish •white fish •offish, standoffish •codfish • dogfish • rockfish • crawfish •swordfish •blowfish, oafish •goldfish •bonefish, stonefish •wolfish •huffish, roughish, toughish •mudfish • monkfish • cuttlefish •lungfish • lumpfish • spearfish •angelfish • parrotfish • silverfish •haggish, waggish •vaguish •biggish, piggish, priggish, whiggish •doggish, hoggish •roguish, voguish •puggish, sluggish, thuggish •largish

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