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shellfish

[shel-fish] / ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ /


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Most Jewish Americans don’t keep kosher; even most who avoid pork and shellfish don’t go to the effort of maintaining separate dishes and utensils for meat and dairy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

UK exports to the EU of fresh sausages, burgers, shellfish from domestic waters and seed potatoes will also be able to resume.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Commercial glucosamine supplements can be produced from materials including shellfish shells or corn.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

One option is Hawaii’s small but promising ocean-tech industry, which includes firms that repair cargo ships, make sensors to detect floods, breed commercial shellfish or make livestock supplements from seaweed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fred moved closer to Dad and the squirming shellfish.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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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