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# shellfish

noun (shellfish — plural usually the same, shellfish)

«shellfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shellfish are water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns, mussels, oysters and clams, especially when eaten as food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons shellfish are not true fish: some are crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimps) and some are molluscs (mussels, oysters, scallops). In everyday life and safety, some people have a shellfish allergy, which can be very dangerous, and shellfish must be fresh and cooked properly. Food labels warn about shellfish.

### Examples

- Crabs and lobsters are shellfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x1)
- My uncle is allergic to shellfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x2)
- We ate shellfish at the seaside restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x3)
- Shellfish live in rock pools and on the sea bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x4)
- The menu says this dish contains shellfish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x5)
- Mussels are shellfish that cling to rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/#x6)

### Note

Usually uncountable or the plural is the same: some shellfish, many shellfish. Trap: despite the name, shellfish are not fish; they have no backbone. Seafood is a wider word that includes fish too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shellfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shellfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shellfish.html) on Mova free.