Terminology record for shellfish
RECORD
| Record No.: | 197/en/363 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2026-09-20 01:25:06 |
| 🇫🇷 FRENCH | |||||||
| DOMAINE |
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| VEDETTE | * Coquillage statut : recommandé
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| PARTIE DU DISCOURS | nom masculin | ||||||
| ÉTYMOLOGIE | Coquillage | ||||||
| SOURCE DE L'ETYMOLOGIE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005). | ||||||
| DÉFINITION |
Mollusque généralement marin, pourvu d’une coquille | ||||||
| PLURIEL | Coquillages ; | ||||||
| SOURCE DE DÉFINITION | Fishterm | ||||||
| Notes |
Sous-domaines de la conchylicultureLes 8 types les plus courants de conchyliculture sont :
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| 🇬🇧 ENGLISH | |||||||
| SUBJECT FIELD |
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| TERM | * Shellfish status: recommended
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| PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||
| PLURAL | Shellfish ; Shellfishes ; | ||||||
| ETYMOLOGY | Compound from shell and from fish | ||||||
| ETYMOLOGY SOURCE |
Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | ||||||
| DEFINITION |
a creature with a shell, that lives in water, generally under Mollusca, Echinodermata and Crustacea, and often species of the order Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda or Polyplacophora. | ||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE |
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th ed.) (2010). | ||||||
| Notes |
NB: Shellfish is the plural form. 'Shellfishes' is only used when referring to various species of shellfish.
Branches of shellfish farming
The most common types of shellfish farming are:
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