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lamellibranch vs shellfish

shellfish vs lamellibranch

lamellibranch and shellfish both are nouns.

lamellibranch is an adjective but shellfish is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lamellibranch Yes Yes No No
shellfish Yes No No No
As nouns, shellfish is a hypernym of lamellibranch; that is, shellfish is a word with a broader meaning than lamellibranch:
  • lamellibranch: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
  • shellfish: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Other hypernyms of lamellibranch include mollusc, mollusk.
lamellibranch (noun) shellfish (noun)
marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
lamellibranch (adjective) shellfish (adjective)
bivalve
Difference between lamellibranch and shellfish

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