shellfish

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• /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
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Inherited from Middle English schellefyssch, from Old English sċielfisċ. Equivalent to shell + fish.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skulpdier — aquatic food that has a shell
• Arabic: مَحَار (maḥār) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Asturian: mariscu — aquatic food that has a shell
• Belarusian: малю́ск (maljúsk) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Bengali: শেলফিশ (śelphiś) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Burmese: ခရု (hka.ru.) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Catalan: marisc — aquatic food that has a shell
• Chinese Mandarin: 貝類 /贝类 (bèilèi) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Danish: skaldyr — aquatic food that has a shell
• Dutch: schelpdier — aquatic food that has a shell
• Esperanto: marisko — aquatic food that has a shell
• Esperanto: konkulo — aquatic food that has a shell
• Faroese: skeljadjór — aquatic food that has a shell
• Faroese: skeljadýr — aquatic food that has a shell
• Finnish: äyriäinen — aquatic food that has a shell
• Finnish: simpukka — aquatic food that has a shell
• Finnish: osteri — aquatic food that has a shell
• Finnish: merenelävä — aquatic food that has a shell
• French: coquillage — aquatic food that has a shell
• French: fruits de mer — aquatic food that has a shell
• West-Frisian: skulpdier — aquatic food that has a shell
• Galician: marisco — aquatic food that has a shell
• German: Schalentier — aquatic food that has a shell
• German: Krustentier — aquatic food that has a shell
• Greek: οστρακόδερμο (ostrakódermo) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Haitian Creole: fwidmè — aquatic food that has a shell
• Hindi: कस्तूरा (kastūrā) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Hungarian: kagyló — aquatic food that has a shell
• Indonesian: kerang — aquatic food that has a shell
• Irish: sliogán — aquatic food that has a shell
• Italian: crostaceo — aquatic food that has a shell
• Italian: mollusco — aquatic food that has a shell
• Japanese: 貝 (kai) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Japanese: 甲殻類 (kōkakurui) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Kannada: ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು (cippu mīnu) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Korean: 조개 (jogae) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Lao: ຫອຍ (hōy) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Latin: concha — aquatic food that has a shell
• Macedonian: школка (školka) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Malay: kerang — aquatic food that has a shell
• Malay: kerang-kerangan — aquatic food that has a shell
• Manx: eeast shliggagh — aquatic food that has a shell
• Norwegian Bokmål: skalldyr — aquatic food that has a shell
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skaldyr — aquatic food that has a shell
• Old English: sċielfisċ — aquatic food that has a shell
• Persian: صدفماهی (sadaf-mâhi) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Polish: skorupiak — aquatic food that has a shell
• Portuguese: marisco — aquatic food that has a shell
• Russian: моллю́ск (molljúsk) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Russian: ракообра́зное (rakoobráznoje) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Scottish Gaelic: maorach — aquatic food that has a shell
• Slovak: kôrovec — aquatic food that has a shell
• Slovak: mušľa — aquatic food that has a shell
• Slovak: mäkkýš — aquatic food that has a shell
• Slovak: článkonožec — aquatic food that has a shell
• Slovene: lupinar — aquatic food that has a shell
• Spanish: marisco — aquatic food that has a shell
• Swahili: samakigamba — aquatic food that has a shell
• Swedish: skaldjur — aquatic food that has a shell
• Thai: หอย (hɔ̌i) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Ukrainian: молю́ск (moljúsk) — aquatic food that has a shell
• Vietnamese: ốc — aquatic food that has a shell
• Volapük: koanaf — aquatic food that has a shell
• Welsh: pysgodyn cragen — aquatic food that has a shell