shellfish en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
- (countable, uncountable) A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shellfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| shellfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
finned fish · fish · finfish · cartilaginous fish
Deriveds
shellfishing · shellfishery · shellfisher
Hypernyms
Translations (66)
la concha (aquatic food that has a shell) · fo skeljadýr (aquatic food that has a shell) · ru моллю́ск (aquatic food that has a shell) · fi simpukka (aquatic food that has a shell) · mk школка (aquatic food that has a shell) · nn skaldyr (aquatic food that has a shell) · vi ốc (aquatic food that has a shell) · sv skaldjur (aquatic food that has a shell) · bn শেলফিশ (aquatic food that has a shell) · gd maorach (aquatic food that has a shell) · lo ຫອຍ (aquatic food that has a shell) · ms kerang-kerangan (aquatic food that has a shell) · pl skorupiak (aquatic food that has a shell) · ga sliogán (aquatic food that has a shell) · eo konkulo (aquatic food that has a shell) · fi äyriäinen (aquatic food that has a shell) · fr fruits de mer (aquatic food that has a shell) · is skelfiskur (aquatic food that has a shell) · nl schelpdier (aquatic food that has a shell) · sk článkonožec (aquatic food that has a shell) · de Schalentier (aquatic food that has a shell) · fr coquillage (aquatic food that has a shell) · ja 貝 (aquatic food that has a shell) · my ခရု (aquatic food that has a shell) · ja 甲殻類 (aquatic food that has a shell) · id kerang (aquatic food that has a shell) · ar مَحَار (aquatic food that has a shell) · ca marisc (aquatic food that has a shell) · be малю́ск (aquatic food that has a shell) · sl lupinar (aquatic food that has a shell) · it crostaceo (aquatic food that has a shell) · hi कस्तूरा (aquatic food that has a shell) · es marisco (aquatic food that has a shell) · uli guruger (aquatic food that has a shell) · cmn 貝類 /贝类 (aquatic food that has a shell) · el οστρακόδερμο (aquatic food that has a shell) · cy pysgodyn cragen (aquatic food that has a shell) · fi merenelävä (aquatic food that has a shell) · nb skalldyr (aquatic food that has a shell) · fo skeljadjór (aquatic food that has a shell) · da skaldyr (aquatic food that has a shell) · af skulpdier (aquatic food that has a shell) · sw samakigamba (aquatic food that has a shell) · it mollusco (aquatic food that has a shell) · gv eeast shliggagh (aquatic food that has a shell) · ang sċielfisċ (aquatic food that has a shell) · uk молю́ск (aquatic food that has a shell) · vo koanaf (aquatic food that has a shell) · th หอย (aquatic food that has a shell) · gl marisco (aquatic food that has a shell) · hu kagyló (aquatic food that has a shell) · ht fwidmè (aquatic food that has a shell) · kn ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು (aquatic food that has a shell) · fy skulpdier (aquatic food that has a shell) · ms kerang (aquatic food that has a shell) · de Krustentier (aquatic food that has a shell) · ast mariscu (aquatic food that has a shell) · fi osteri (aquatic food that has a shell) · sk kôrovec (aquatic food that has a shell) · pt marisco (aquatic food that has a shell) · ko 조개 (aquatic food that has a shell) · eo marisko (aquatic food that has a shell) · ru ракообра́зное (aquatic food that has a shell) · sk mäkkýš (aquatic food that has a shell) · fa صدفماهی (aquatic food that has a shell) · sk mušľa (aquatic food that has a shell)