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shellfish meaning in Kannada

ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು cippu mīnu

/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/

shellfish in Kannada: ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು (cippu mīnu). 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.

Kannada words for shellfish

aquatic food that has a shell
ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು cippu mīnu

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.

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Questions about shellfish in Kannada

What is the meaning of shellfish in Kannada?
Shellfish in Kannada is ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು (cippu mīnu).
shellfish ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Shellfish: ಚಿಪ್ಪು ಮೀನು (cippu mīnu).
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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