Plural of shellfish
irregular plural
The plural of shellfish is shellfish or shellfishes.
Forms of shellfish
| Singular | shellfish /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shellfish /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/ shellfishes |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Meaning of shellfish
- 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.
- 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.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of shellfish
- What is the plural of shellfish?
- The plural of shellfish is shellfish or shellfishes.
- Is shellfish countable?
- Shellfish is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shellfish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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