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shellfish

noun

Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

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Word length
9
Starts with
S
Ends with
H
Contains
HE
Scrabble score
18

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Pronunciation

ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ

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noun

  1. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

noun

  1. Meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

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