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 →

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 →
• My uncle is allergic to shellfish. tree →
• We ate shellfish at the seaside restaurant. tree →
• Shellfish live in rock pools and on the sea bed. tree →
• The menu says this dish contains shellfish. tree →
• Mussels are shellfish that cling to rocks. tree →

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.
• A gull drops a shellfish onto rocks from a height to smash the shell open.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shellfish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.