shellfish

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n. 贝, 甲壳类水生物 [医] 牡蛎

发音

其它 /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
US /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

词形变化

shellfishes 复数 shellfishes

教材释义与例句

名词

甲壳类动物;贝类等有壳的水生动物

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

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  2. 2.

    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.

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词汇关系

词源

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

来源:wiktionary