shellfish

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
  2. noun invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

Etymology

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

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