- seafood
- noun Date: 1836 edible marine fish and shellfish
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seafood — (n.) food obtained from the sea, 1836, American English, from SEA (Cf. sea) + FOOD (Cf. food) … Etymology dictionary
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seafood — ► NOUN ▪ shellfish and sea fish served as food … English terms dictionary
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seafood — /see foohd /, n. any fish or shellfish from the sea used for food. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * Edible aquatic animals excluding mammals, but including both freshwater and ocean creatures. Seafood includes bony and cartilaginous fishes, crustaceans,… … Universalium
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Seafood — Teller mit Meeresfrüchten Als Meeresfrüchte bezeichnet man in der Regel alle essbaren Meerestiere, die keine Wirbeltiere (Fische oder Wale) sind. Es handelt sich hierbei also um eine kulinarische Einteilung, nicht um eine biologische. Typische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
seafood — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ local VERB + SEAFOOD ▪ eat ▪ cook ▪ serve … Collocations dictionary
seafood — With an estimated per capita consumption of fish more than twice the EU average, it is to be expected that seafood of all kinds bulks large in the Spanish diet, and this assumption is amply confirmed by a walk through a market or past local… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
seafood — [[t]si͟ːfuːd[/t]] seafoods N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Seafood is shellfish such as lobsters, mussels, and crabs, and sometimes other sea creatures that you can eat. ...a seafood restaurant … English dictionary
