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[syn: mollusk, mollusc, shellfish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shellfish \Shell"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shellfish
n 1: meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell
(especially a mollusk or crustacean)
2: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed
in a shell [syn: mollusk, mollusc, shellfish]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "shellfish":
Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, blue point, clam, coquillage, crab,
crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam,
lobster, mussel, oyster, periwinkle, prawn, quahog, scallop,
shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, steamer, whelk