shellfish

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Synonyms: swellfish, shell fish, shell-fish, hellish, selfish, shellfire, sheatfish, swellish, skullfish, sheefish, cellfish

Antonyms: swellfish, shell fish, shell-fish, hellish, selfish, shellfire, sheatfish, swellish, skullfish, sheefish, cellfish

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Noun

1. A fisheries and colloquial term for an [[aquatic]] [[invertebrate]] having an inner or outer shell, such as a [[mollusc]] or [[crustacean]], especially when [[edible]].
2. 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 [[crustacean|aquatic crustaceans]], [[bivalve|bivalve mollusks]] and [[cephalopod|cephalopod mollusks]]; but sometimes [[echinoderm|echinoderms]] may be included as well.

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