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shellfisheries

shellfisheries is the plural of shellfishery.

Meaning of shellfishery

Noun

shellfishery (countable and uncountable, plural shellfisheries)

  1. A place where shellfish are caught or processed.
    • It may come as a surprise that there is a shellfishery worth defending in New York City waters.2007 July 5, Andy Newman, “Raritan Bay Border War Flares Anew Over Clams”, in New York Times
  2. (uncountable) The catching of shellfish.

Questions about shellfisheries

What is shellfisheries the plural of?
Shellfisheries is the plural of shellfishery.

Words near shellfisheries in the dictionary

  1. Shelleyesque
  2. shellfire
  3. shellfires
  4. shellfish
  5. shellfisher
  6. shellfisheries
  7. shellfisherman
  8. shellfishermen
  9. shellfishers
  10. shellfishery
  11. shellfishes

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