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SHELLFISH
mollusk, mollusc, shellfish
(noun) invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
shellfish
(noun) meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shellfish (countable and uncountable, plural shellfish or shellfishes)
An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
Source: Wiktionary
Shell"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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