shellfish
nounAny of various edible aquatic invertebrate animals having a shell, especially mollusks such as clams and oysters, and crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.
nounAn edible mollusk, in contrast to a crustacean.
nounThe edible flesh of such animals.
nounAn aquatic animal, not a fish, having a shell, and especially one which comes under popular notice as used for food or for ornament.
nounA crustaceous animal, or crustacean, as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or prawn.
nounAny aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
nounAn
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
nouninvertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
