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shellfishing

shellfishing noun: fishing for shellfish.

Noun

shellfishing (uncountable)

  1. fishing for shellfish

Origin of shellfishing

Blend of shellfish + fishing.

Questions about shellfishing

What does shellfishing mean?
Shellfishing means fishing for shellfish.
What part of speech is shellfishing?
Shellfishing is a noun.

Words near shellfishing in the dictionary

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

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