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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 1981-01-09T00:00:00Z

skos:notation: 7033

shellfish  

DEFINITION

  • Shellfish is a colloquial and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellfish

    Created: 5/22/20

    (en)

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SCOPE NOTE

  • Useful aquatic animals having a shell or shell-like exoskeleton such as molluscs or crustaceans (en)

INCLUDES

IS PART OF SUB-VOCABULARY

  • Fishery related term

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URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7033

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