Definition of Shellfishes

1. Noun. (plural of shellfish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shellfishes

1. shellfish [n] - See also: shellfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellfishes

shellbarks
shellcode
shellcodes
shellcracker
shellcrackers
shelled
sheller
shellers
shellfire
shellfires
shellfish
shellfisheries
shellfisherman
shellfishermen
shellfishery
shellfishes
shellflower
shellful
shellfuls
shellier
shelliest
shelliness
shelling
shellings
shellless
shelllike
shellpad
shellproof
shells
shellshock

Literary usage of Shellfishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth by Sir John William Dawson (1894)
"I, Trilobites, etc. ; 2, Worms ; 3, Bivalve and Univalve Shellfishes; 4, Nautiloid Shellfishes ; 5, Cuttlefishes; 6, Brachiopods. ..."

2. Modern Ideas of Evolution as Related to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson (1890)
"Referring merely to leading groups, we have many species of the soft shellfishes, or crustaceans, and the worms, the ordinary shellfishes, the sea-stars, ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"A devout Catholic would be shocked to find himself set down to a maigre diet of such " Fishes and -Shellfishes" as " Hedgehog," " Snail," " Wolf," and ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"His article on " Shellfishes, their Ways and Works," in the first number of the new series of the Westminster Review, is a gem in its way; and the brilliant ..."

5. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand (1849)
"1391, "in the north parts of Scotland certaine trees, whereon do grow shellfishes, &c. &c., which falling into the water, do become fowls, ..."

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