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shellfishery

shellfishery noun: a place where shellfish are caught or processed.

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.

Forms of shellfishery

pluralshellfisheries

Origin of shellfishery

Blend of shellfish + fishery.

Questions about shellfishery

What does shellfishery mean?
Shellfishery means a place where shellfish are caught or processed.
What part of speech is shellfishery?
Shellfishery is a noun.
What is the plural of shellfishery?
The plural of shellfishery is shellfisheries.

Words near shellfishery in the dictionary

  1. shellfisher
  2. shellfisheries
  3. shellfisherman
  4. shellfishermen
  5. shellfishers
  6. shellfishery
  7. shellfishes
  8. shellfishing
  9. shellflower
  10. shellflowers
  11. shellful

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