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shellfish vs limpet

limpet vs shellfish

shellfish and limpet both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shellfish Yes No No No
limpet Yes No No No
As nouns, limpet is a hyponym of shellfish; that is, limpet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shellfish:
  • shellfish: meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
  • limpet: mollusk with a low conical shell
shellfish (noun) limpet (noun)
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) mollusk with a low conical shell
Difference between shellfish and limpet

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