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# shellfish

«shellfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (shellfish — plural usually the same, shellfish)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/12/)
- [A gull drops a shellfish onto rocks from a height to smash the shell open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shellfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shellfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.