Definition of Shellfisheries

1. Noun. (plural of shellfishery) ¹

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Definition of Shellfisheries

1. shellfishery [n] - See also: shellfishery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shellfisheries

shellback
shellbacks
shellbark
shellbark hickory
shellbarks
shellcode
shellcodes
shellcracker
shellcrackers
shelled
sheller
shellers
shellfire
shellfires
shellfish
shellfisheries (current term)
shellfisherman
shellfishermen
shellfishery
shellfishes
shellflower
shellful
shellfuls
shellier
shelliest
shelliness
shelling
shellings
shellless
shelllike

Literary usage of Shellfisheries

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

1. ... A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts by David Lawrence Belding (1909)
"matters pertaining to the shellfisheries, whether it be regulations or the restocking of ... A few good laws only are necessary for the shellfisheries. ..."

2. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"The present laws have essentially in a marked degree converted the shellfisheries, the undivided property of all the inhabitants of the State, into holdings ..."

3. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"From time to time, however, special grants have been made to certain towns, carrying control of the shellfisheries; special acts of the General Court of ..."

4. Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston by Boston Public Library (1908)
"... A partial report upon the shellfisheries of Massachusetts. ... Preliminary report upon the shellfisheries of Massachusetts. ..."

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