1. Noun
Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
2. Noun
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Vocabulary classified under Biology
3. Noun
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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