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What is the plural of shellfish?

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The noun shellfish can be countable or uncountable.

In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be shellfish.

However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be shellfishes e.g. in reference to various types of shellfishes or a collection of shellfishes.

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Human harvesting of shellfish has raised concerns over ecosystem sustainability.
To avoid illness, travellers are advised not to eat shellfish or raw foods such as salad that have been washed in unboiled or unclean water.
Think of molluscs and chances are it is shellfish such as limpets, whelks, scallops and mussels that spring to mind.
I attacked with my bare hands, rejecting the tools of shellfish eating in favour of the messy approach.
Biogenic reefs are created by living stone coral, Astrangia poculata, certain shellfishes, and polychaete worms, such as Sabellaria vulgaris.
Other marine organisms are harvested are Trochus, Green snails, octopuses, sea cucumbers, Shellfishes, aquarium fishes etc.

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