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Shellfish - meaning and illustration

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

BrE /ˈʃelfɪʃ/NAmE /ˈʃelfɪʃ/

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Compound from shell and from fish

Shellfish can be translated into French as:

Shellfish: a creature with a shell, that lives in water, especially one of the types that can be eaten.

Shellfish; Shellfishes;

NB: Shellfish is the plural form. 'Shellfishes' is only used when referring to various species of shellfish.

The most common types of shellfish farming are:

oyster farming (breeding of oysters);
halioticulture (abalone farming);
mussel farming (mussel farming);
pectiniculture (scallop farming);
veniculture (clam farming);
cerastoculture (cockle farming);
astaciculture is the farming of crayfish;
peneiculture (sea shrimp and freshwater shrimp farming) is practised in France, Prawns are farmed in large quantities in Brazil, the imperial prawns ;