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marisco

Definitions of marisco
  1. noun
    edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
    synonyms: pescado de mar
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    types:
    calamar
    (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
    pulpo
    tentacles of octopus prepared as food
    bígaro
    small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
    buccino
    large marine snail much used as food in Europe
    camarón, gamba, langostino
    any of various edible decapod crustaceans
    hueva, ovas
    fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
    besugo
    flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
    brema
    flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
    lubina, róbalo
    any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
    mero
    flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass
    carpa
    the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
    lucio
    highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
    barbo
    flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
    perca
    any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
    atún, bonito
    important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
    caballa
    flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
    mejillón
    black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
    arenque
    valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
    ostra
    edible body of any of numerous oysters
    almeja
    flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
    berberecho
    common edible European bivalve
    cangrejo
    the edible flesh of any of various crabs
    cámbaro
    tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
    abadejo, bacalao
    lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
    lapa
    mollusk with a low conical shell
    bogavante
    flesh of a lobster
    langosta
    warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    sardina
    small fatty fish usually canned
    vieira
    edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
    caviar
    salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
  2. noun
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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    types:
    mejillón
    black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
    ostra
    edible body of any of numerous oysters
    almeja
    flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
    berberecho
    common edible European bivalve
    cangrejo
    the edible flesh of any of various crabs
    cámbaro
    tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
    lapa
    mollusk with a low conical shell
    bogavante
    flesh of a lobster
    langosta
    warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
    vieira
    edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
    cigala
    caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster
    type of:
    pescado de mar
    edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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