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shellfish has definitions from the fields of zoology,chemistry,food
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

Related terms

seafood huitre crayfish clam cockle crab mussel limpet lobster spiny_lobster scallop mollusk

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[ noun ] (zoology) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

Synonyms

mollusc mollusk

Related terms

invertebrate bivalve cephalopod scaphopod gastropod chiton Mollusca carapace cuticle

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Rhymes with

selfish sailfish jellyfish dealfish fish redfish angelfish sunfish cuttlefish needlefish goldfish lungfish jewfish catfish starfish swordfish crayfish flatfish killifish goosefish dogfish crawfish whitefish pipefish blowfish whitefish queenfish raffish hagfish

Phonetic and Homophones

SH EH1 L F IH2 SH

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selfish shelf_ice selfishly

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