n. (Zool.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]
[しもふり, shimofuri](n, vs) (1) speckled with white; salt and pepper (colour, color); (2) (of fabric) created by intertwining white and coloured fibres; (3) (of beef) marbling; (4) (abbr) (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; (P)[Add to Longdo]