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shellfish meaning in Hindi

कस्तूरा kastūrā

/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

shellfish in Hindi: कस्तूरा (kastūrā). 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.

Hindi words for shellfish

aquatic food that has a shell
कस्तूरा kastūrā

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 Hindi

What is the meaning of shellfish in Hindi?
Shellfish in Hindi is कस्तूरा (kastūrā).
shellfish का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Shellfish: कस्तूरा (kastūrā).
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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