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S0334100 (shĕl′fĭsh′)n. pl. shellfish or shell·fish·es 1. Any of various edible aquatic invertebrate animals having a shell, especially mollusks such as clams and oysters, and crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.2. An edible mollusk, in contrast to a crustacean: regulations concerning fish, crustaceans, and shellfish.3. The edible flesh of such animals.

shell′fish′ing n.

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(ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any aquatic invertebrate having a shell or shell-like carapace, esp such an animal used as human food. Examples are crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters and molluscs such as oysters

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n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. an aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster or other mollusks or the lobster or other crustaceans. [before 900]

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Noun	1.	shellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellseafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etcmussel - black marine bivalves usually steamed in winehuitre, oyster - edible body of any of numerous oystersclam - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clamscockle - common edible European bivalvecrabmeat, crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabscrawdad, crawfish, ecrevisse, crayfish - tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled brieflylimpet - mollusk with a low conical shelllobster - flesh of a lobstercrayfish, langouste, rock lobster, spiny lobster - warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and Californiaescallop, scollop, scallop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
	2.	shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellmollusc, molluskcarapace, cuticle, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtlesinvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classificationMollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitonsscaphopod - burrowing marine molluskgastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyescoat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle, chiton - primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous platesbivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged togethercephalopod, cephalopod mollusk - marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentaclesshellfish - meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

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noun molluscs, crustacean, bivalve Fish and shellfish are the specialities.

Shellfish

clam, clappy-doo or clabby-doo (Scot.), cockle, crab, crayfish or crawfish, Dublin Bay prawn, freshwater shrimp, king prawn, langoustine, lobster, Moreton Bay bug, mussel, Norway lobster, oyster, prawn, scallop or scollop

Translations

甲壳类动物贝类

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(ʃel) noun1. the hard outer covering of a shellfish, egg, nut etc. an eggshell; A tortoise can pull its head and legs under its shell. 壳、甲 2. an outer covering or framework. After the fire, all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building. 框架，骨架 3. a metal case filled with explosives and fired from a gun etc. A shell exploded right beside him.弹壳 verb1. to remove from its shell or pod. You have to shell peas before eating them.剥去...的壳2. to fire explosive shells at. The army shelled the enemy mercilessly.炮轰ˈshellfish – plural ˈshellfish – noun any of several kinds of sea animal covered with a shell (eg oyster, crab). 甲壳类动物come out of one's shell to become more confident and less shy. 一改矜持的态度，开始与人交往 shell out to pay out (money). I had to shell out twenty dollars.支付

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I'm allergic to shellfish → 我对贝类海鲜过敏

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shellfish,

popular name for certain edible mollusks (see MolluscaMollusca
, taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals (Arthropoda is the largest) comprising more than 50,000 living mollusk species and about 35,000 fossil species dating back to the Cambrian period.
..... Click the link for more information. ), e.g., oysters, clams, and scallops, and for certain edible crustaceanscrustacean
, primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. The few groups that inhabit terrestrial areas have not been particularly successful in an evolutionary sense; most require
..... Click the link for more information. , e.g., crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. All are aquatic invertebrates with shells; they are not fish.

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[′shel‚fish] (invertebrate zoology) An aquatic invertebrate, such as a mollusk or crustacean, that has a shell or exoskeleton.

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any aquatic invertebrate having a shell or shell-like carapace, esp such an animal used as human food. Examples are crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters and molluscs such as oysters

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noun molluscs

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noun meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

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noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

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