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shellfish in Dutch

shellfish in Dutch is schelpdier — shellfish means an aquatic animal with a shell, such as a crab, mussel, or oyster, especially one eaten as food.

shellfish in Dutch

schelpdier
noun
A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

What does "shellfish" mean?

  1. noun An aquatic animal with a shell, such as a crab, mussel, or oyster, especially one eaten as food.
    "The restaurant is known for its fresh shellfish platter."
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shellfish in a sentence

  • The restaurant is known for its fresh shellfish platter.

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What is "shellfish" in Dutch?

"shellfish" in Dutch is schelpdier. shellfish means: An aquatic animal with a shell, such as a crab, mussel, or oyster, especially one eaten as food.

How do you use "shellfish" in a sentence?

Example: "The restaurant is known for its fresh shellfish platter." In Dutch, "shellfish" is schelpdier.

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