🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

조개류

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jogaeryu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shellfish/ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"조개류는 해산물 요리에서 중요한 역할을 합니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Aquatic animals that have a shell, including mollusks and crustaceans.

    "Many people enjoy eating shellfish like shrimp and clams."
  2. 2

    A category of seafood that includes various species of marine animals with shells.

    "The restaurant specializes in shellfish dishes, offering a variety of oysters and lobsters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'shellfish' originates from the combination of 'shell', derived from the Old English 'scealu', meaning 'a hard outer covering', and 'fish', from the Old English 'fisc', which refers to aquatic animals. The term has evolved to encompass various aquatic invertebrates with shells, such as mollusks and crustaceans, since the late Middle Ages.

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