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The shellfish, which favour the fresh waters of the region's lakes, are usually found in dense beds.
The significance of this is that other species such as shellfish and crustaceans feeding in plankton could be affected.
And spring, the scientists say, is the time of year the shellfish have their greatest aphrodisiac quality.
These teeth are used to crush prey, mostly of shellfish and crustaceans, and only rarely are used offensively towards divers.
Oysters were harvested in Scotland as long ago as the stone age when the shellfish were gathered from the seabed close to the coastline.
For the shellfish may carry an infection which causes severe stomach upsets in anyone who eats them.
The Shovel-Nosed Ray can reach two meters in length and is quite harmless, feeding only on small crabs and shellfish.
So are corals and shellfish, which make calcium carbonates that end up in the bottoms of oceans.
Even the rope leading down was covered in barnacles and the wreck itself was festooned in soft corals and shellfish.
Women are abducted while gathering crabs and shellfish at night by torchlight.
The vertical plane along which we dive is completely smooth and only a few anemones and shellfish have been able to make themselves fast.
Placing a shellfish between them, he says, the cownose ray might contract the muscles on the left side of its mouth.
There are obviously plenty of shellfish and crabs, too, because I saw giant puffers and octopus and none looked short of a meal.
It becomes a battle of life and death as the star uses its suckers and all the brute force at its command to force open the shellfish.
Control of red tide, an infestation that makes shellfish unsafe to eat, is another area of concentration.
All those years ago, for example, pot fishermen regarded divers as their deadliest rivals for the shellfish of the sea.
My main course, scallops cooked in a tomato sauce, looked marvellous, but the sauce was far too rich for the delicate shellfish.
Samples of the shellfish were taken by the FSA from various retailers and wholesalers in February.
The emphasis is on local fish and shellfish while salads, sandwiches and simple pasta dishes make up the rest of the summer menu.
There are also limits on other food items, including fish, shellfish, honey, eggs and some fruit and vegetables.
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Examples from Classical Literature
These rocks preserve, by the fossils they contain, a great variety of shellfish which had limy skeletons.
A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails!
Increased demand causes a severe drain upon the shellfish beds, which soon leads to overfishing.
They would most likely be able to get shellfish from the rocks, which would be an improvement on the junk.
The food of the eider duck consists of minute marine insects, crustaceans, and shellfish, especially mussels and small crabs.
And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel.
About twice as large as our American mink, chunkier and noticeably redder, they swam visibly, diurnally hunting for seabirds, eggs and shellfish.
When the men returned, burdened with sacks of shellfish, Mark Hall, as high priest, commanded the due and solemn rite of the tribe.
These trawls have chains, teeth and steel wires on the bottom to stir the fish and shellfish off the seabed and into the net.
A You're looking for an oyster shucker, which is like a knife with a short, thick, stubby blade for prising the shellfish open.
And she mustn't let any of the shellfish gang see her in that dress.
This purple robe, but sheep's hairs, dyed with the blood of a shellfish.
The people gathered all the shellfish they could find at low tide.
The flatheads are swift, omnivorous ambush predators, whereas the slower-moving blues tend to forage on shellfish or, where available, heavy populations of shad.
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