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shellfish

[shel-fish] / ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ /


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It was particularly damaging for these fishermen because Dungeness crabs tend to be their most lucrative catch of the year, making the shellfish, Jardine said, a kind of “gilded trap.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Advisories downriver, including for shellfish harvesting, have been lifted.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Record winter rainfall is flushing pollution and sediment into Devon and Cornwall's coastal waters, raising risks to marine life, shellfish and potentially human health as conditions warm.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

The researchers say these findings offer practical guidance for restoring oyster reefs, not only in Australia but around the world where shellfish and coral ecosystems have been heavily damaged.

From Science Daily Apr. 6, 2026

While I help Peeta coat his skin with the ointment, Finnick deftly cleans the meat from the shellfish.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Here sea creatures come to live, fishes swim hungrily to and fro, and shellfishes die in the mud which, by and by, is to become firm rock with stony animal remains embedded in it.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James




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