Any animal, living in water, whose outer covering is a shell, whether testaceous, as an oyster, or crustaceous, as a crab.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish (72) shellfishc888 Any animal, living in water, whose outer covering is a shell, whether testaceous, as an oyster, or crustaceous, as a crab. oyster1419 Any of various other bivalve molluscs more or less resembling oysters, including the pearl oyster, commonly farmed for pearls. Usually with… cochle?1527 A (sea) snail. shale-fish1596 = shellfish, n. 1. scale-fish1601 (a) a fish armed with scales; (b) see quot. 1857; (c) the scabbard-fish (Cent. Dict.). shell1751 Used as the second element of the name of a particular shellfish, as acorn-shell, razor-shell; hence (chiefly plural) = shellfish, in referring to… ox-heart1753 In full ox-heart clam, ox-heart shell. Any of several large, heart-shaped bivalve molluscs, esp. the heart cockle, Glossus humanus. mollusc1783 An animal of the phylum Mollusca, such as a snail, oyster, mussel, or octopus (see Mollusca, n.). molluscum1832 Zoology. A mollusc. Obsolete. rare. molluscan1835 An animal of the phylum Mollusca; a mollusc. polybranchian1839 = polybranch adj. n. coquillage1851 A shellfish, mollusc. whale-feed1853 = whale food n. siphonate1877 A mollusc furnished with a siphon. scungille1953 A mollusc or conch, esp. the meat of a mollusc eaten as a delicacy. Subcategories:— parts of mollusc (47) — matter expelled from (1) — larva (3) — breeding or spawning (5) — layer of molluscs covering sea bed (1) |
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