shellfish

CEFRB1

/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Sea animals with shells, such as crabs or oysters.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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 echinoder...

Examples

  • I do not eat meat, fish, shellfish, poultry or broth.

  • I don't like shellfish.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • [ʃɛɫˑfɪʃ]

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noun

Extra meanings

  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 aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.