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Synonyms for shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃshell·fish

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  1. shellfishnoun

    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

    Synonyms:
    mollusk, mollusc

  2. mollusk, mollusc, shellfishnoun

    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

    Synonyms:
    mollusk, mollusc

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  1. shellfishnoun

    Synonyms:
    mollusks, mollusca, testacea

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How to use shellfish in a sentence?

  1. Judge Schroeder:

    Not to be Confused for 400, on the menu, scallops are shellfish and these are immature or green onions.

  2. Cortni Borgerson:

    A shellfish allergy increases the likelihood that you will be allergic to cicada, so it’s better to be safe than sorry and abstain from land arthropods if you can’t eat their sea swimming cousins.

  3. Martin Weale:

    I didn't realize that the Western Isles are a big shellfish exporter to Spain. This was at the time of the euro crisis and people were talking about difficulties in getting paid from Spain and worrying about whether it was sensible to send these consignments.

  4. Mona Sarfaty:

    Warmer ocean water also makes a difference, along the coast, there are cases of bacterial contamination in shellfish in the warmer months that make those waters more likely to cause infection when people swim there, especially if they have open cuts in their skin.


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