shellfish
Refers to the living animal, especially edible bivalves and mollusks.
Various kinds of shellfish can be caught in the sea around here.
I picked up shells on the beach.
In this region, they farm shellfish such as oysters.
I took the meat out of the shellfish and used it in cooking.
Korean mussel; Mytilus coruscus
adductor muscle (of a bivalve) · scallop adductor muscle (as food)
chambered nautilus
mussel
bivalve
conch; trumpet shell
blood clam; ark shell
snail; spiral shell
univalve
cowrie; cowry
Japanese scallop; Yesso scallop
kanji 'big shell' radical
Sakhalin surf clam
small shell; small shellfish · kanji 'shell' radical at left
Japanese scallop · giant clam
cherry blossom tellin; Nitidotellina nitidula
shell-matching game with waka poems
pearl oyster; mother shellfish
sliced abalone served in cold water
Japanese geoduck
Chinese pond mussel; Sinanodonta woodiana