SHELLFISHES

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


Noun

shellfishes

plural of shellfish

Source: Wiktionary


SHELLFISH

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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17 April 2025

SPONGE

(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used


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