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SEAFOOD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("seafood" is a kind of...):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seafood"):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

calamari; calamary; squid ((Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food)

octopus (tentacles of octopus prepared as food)

periwinkle; winkle (small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked)

whelk (large marine snail much used as food in Europe)

shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

prawn; shrimp (any of various edible decapod crustaceans)

whitefish (any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring)

hard roe; roe (fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture)

milt; soft roe (fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture)

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 Context examples: 

Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are found in seafood, including fatty fish (such as salmon, tuna, and trout) and shellfish (such as crab, mussels, and oysters).

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)