shellfishn.

Brit.

/ˈʃɛlfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/

Etymology: Old English scilfisc = Old Norse skelfiskr.

1. Any animal, living in water, whose outer covering is a shell, whether testaceous, as an oyster, or crustaceous, as a crab.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of

shellfishc888

sea-gar1674

gill-breather1828

crustacean1834

sea-insect1860

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish

shellfishc888

oyster1419

cochle?1527

shale-fish1596

scale-fish1601

shell1751

ox-heart1753

mollusc1783

molluscum1832

molluscan1835

polybranchian1839

coquillage1851

whale-feed1853

siphonate1877

scungille1953

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) xli. §5 Manige sint cwucera gesceafta unstirende, swa swa nu scylfiscas sint.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. met. v. 50 Þe blode of a manar shelfysshe þat men fynden in tyrie, wiþ whiche blode men deien purper.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. v. 21 Oystres and muscles and oþer swiche shelle fysshe of þe see.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 69 Schel fische and scalid fisch.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 705/26 Hoc conchile, alle maner schelfyche.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij^v The shelle fysshe, called the Tortoyse of the sea.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God v. vi. 204 Crabs..and all shel-fishes.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 179 The Clacas, which is absolutely the very best Shell-fish in the World.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 255 Shell-Fish are nourishing.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shell~fish, the term is chiefly applied in commerce to crabs, lobsters, and cray-fish, oysters, mussels, periwinkles, and whelks, in which a large trade is carried on.

2. figurative. Of a person.

ΚΠ

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. v. 406 Open-mouthed and impenetrable shell-fish.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1837 W. M. Thackeray Professor in Wks. (1899) XIII. 496 The father of Miss Adeliza Grampus was a shell-fishmonger.

1896 J. Lamb Ann. Ayrshire Parish i. 21 A happy hunting~ground for shell-fish gatherers.

Derivatives

ˈshell-ˌfishery n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish

shell-fishing1868

shell-fishery1885

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 108/1 The cultivation of oysters and other shell-fisheries.

ˈshell-ˌfishing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish

shell-fishing1868

shell-fishery1885

1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 12/2 Our men, some of whom were practiced in the business of shell-fishing,..very soon dug up a very fine feast of clams.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 12/1 The shell-fishing..has been wonderfully successful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shellfish
释义	shellfishn. Brit. /ˈʃɛlfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/ Etymology: Old English scilfisc = Old Norse skelfiskr. 1. Any animal, living in water, whose outer covering is a shell, whether testaceous, as an oyster, or crustaceous, as a crab. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of shellfishc888 sea-gar1674 gill-breather1828 crustacean1834 sea-insect1860 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish shellfishc888 oyster1419 cochle?1527 shale-fish1596 scale-fish1601 shell1751 ox-heart1753 mollusc1783 molluscum1832 molluscan1835 polybranchian1839 coquillage1851 whale-feed1853 siphonate1877 scungille1953 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) xli. §5 Manige sint cwucera gesceafta unstirende, swa swa nu scylfiscas sint. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. met. v. 50 Þe blode of a manar shelfysshe þat men fynden in tyrie, wiþ whiche blode men deien purper. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. v. 21 Oystres and muscles and oþer swiche shelle fysshe of þe see. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 69 Schel fische and scalid fisch. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 705/26 Hoc conchile, alle maner schelfyche. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Eiij^v The shelle fysshe, called the Tortoyse of the sea. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God v. vi. 204 Crabs..and all shel-fishes. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 179 The Clacas, which is absolutely the very best Shell-fish in the World. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 255 Shell-Fish are nourishing. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shell~fish, the term is chiefly applied in commerce to crabs, lobsters, and cray-fish, oysters, mussels, periwinkles, and whelks, in which a large trade is carried on. 2. figurative. Of a person. ΚΠ 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. v. 406 Open-mouthed and impenetrable shell-fish. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1837 W. M. Thackeray Professor in Wks. (1899) XIII. 496 The father of Miss Adeliza Grampus was a shell-fishmonger. 1896 J. Lamb Ann. Ayrshire Parish i. 21 A happy hunting~ground for shell-fish gatherers. Derivatives ˈshell-ˌfishery n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish shell-fishing1868 shell-fishery1885 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 108/1 The cultivation of oysters and other shell-fisheries. ˈshell-ˌfishing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish shell-fishing1868 shell-fishery1885 1868 Harper's Mag. Dec. 12/2 Our men, some of whom were practiced in the business of shell-fishing,..very soon dug up a very fine feast of clams. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. 12/1 The shell-fishing..has been wonderfully successful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c888
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