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)

  1. An aquatic invertebrate having a shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

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