shellfish
English
Cooked mussels
Etymology
From Middle English schellefyssch, shelle fysshe, equivalent to shell + fish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/
Noun
shellfish (countable and uncountable, plural shellfish or shellfishes)
- An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Translations
aquatic food that has a shell
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