shellfish
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Commercial glucosamine supplements can be produced from materials including shellfish shells or corn.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
BBC News has seen samples of stolen "fitness-for-work" medical examinations containing information such as blood and urine test results, along with doctors' notes mentioning conditions including a "shellfish and banana allergy".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
For my final shellfish meal, I joined the evening crowd at the Shuck Station, a seasonal restaurant in a former gas station owned by Brendan Parsons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Duryea’s continues to be a beloved Montauk institution where families and friends come for fresh fish, shellfish, and perfect sunsets over Fort Pond Bay, as they have for decades,” a spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Their water came from a little brackish well beside the hut; their food was fish and shellfish, fresh or dried, and rockweed.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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 James Baldwin
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