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Seafood

lobster

noun

a lobster cooked and eaten as food

mussel

noun

a small shellfish with a soft body inside a hard black or green shell, often cooked and eaten as food

octopus

noun

this animal eaten as food

oyster

noun

a type of shellfish that has a rough shell and is eaten as food, often raw. Some types of oysters contain pearls (=small white jewels).

scallop

noun

a scallop eaten as food

scampi

noun

a meal of shrimp that have been cooked in oil

shellfish

noun

these creatures used as food

shrimp

noun

a shrimp eaten as food

squid

noun

this animal eaten as food

winkle

noun

a type of small shellfish that can be eaten as food

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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the short high sound that a small bird makes

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