shellfish

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell +‎ fish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/, [ʃɛɫˑfɪʃ] Hyphenation: shell‧fish === Noun === shellfish (countable and uncountable, plural shellfish or shellfishes) A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible. 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. ==== Hypernyms ==== (food): seafood ==== Coordinate terms ==== (food): cartilaginous fish, finned fish, finfish, fish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== shellfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia