Synonyms:
mollusk, mollusc, shellfish
Meaning: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Synonyms:
shellfish
Meaning: meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Usage examples
Near seven o'clock we finally surveyed the bank of shellfish, where pearl oysters reproduce by the millions.
Our visit to this opulent giant clam came to an end. Captain Nemo left the cave, and we climbed back up the bank of shellfish in the midst of these clear waters not yet disturbed by divers at work.
He gathered only about ten shellfish per dive, because he had to tear them from the banks where each clung with its tough mass of filaments. And how many of these oysters for which he risked his life would have no pearl in them!