English > seafood: 1 sense > noun 1, foodMeaning | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc. |
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Narrower | freshwater fish | flesh of fish from fresh water used as food |
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milt, soft roe | fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland |
octopus | tentacles of octopus prepared as food |
periwinkle, winkle | small edible marine snail |
prawn, shrimp | Any of various edible decapod crustaceans |
roe, hard roe | fish eggs or egg-filled ovary |
saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
shellfish | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
squid, calamari, calamary | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food |
whelk | large marine snail much used as food in Europe |
whitefish | Any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring |
Broader | food, solid food | Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid / liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment |
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Spanish | marisco, mariscos, pescado de mar |
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Catalan | marisc, peix de mar |
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