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shellfish in Arabic

مَحَار maḥār

/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

shellfish in Arabic: مَحَار (maḥār). In English, shellfish means a fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

Arabic words for shellfish

aquatic food that has a shell
مَحَار maḥār

English meaning of shellfish

  1. noun A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.
  2. noun A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

Full definition of shellfish

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Questions about shellfish in Arabic

What is the meaning of shellfish in Arabic?
Shellfish in Arabic is مَحَار (maḥār).
ما معنى كلمة shellfish؟
Shellfish: مَحَار (maḥār).
What does shellfish mean in English?
Shellfish means a fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

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