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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

Commercial glucosamine supplements are often produced from materials such as shellfish shells or corn.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

The median cost of a chicken entree is $28—more than fish and shellfish entrees, both $25, despite chicken being a lower cost ingredient, according to the firm’s 2026 data.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 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

For many days I had been gathering a few shellfish on the rocks at Coral Cove, but I had been watching the reef and waiting for the right time to harvest.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

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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