zeevruchten

Definitions of zeevruchten
  1. noun
    invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    synonyms: mollusk, schelpvis, weekdier
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    inktvis
    marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles
    stoottand, stoottandje
    any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing
    slak
    freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
    slak
    any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
    zeeslak
    any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
    bolderik
    common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
    oester
    marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
    mossel
    marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
    feston, kalfsoester
    edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
    boormossel
    marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
  2. noun
    meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
    synonyms: schelpvis
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    mossel
    black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
    oester
    edible body of any of numerous oysters
    plat, platje
    the edible flesh of any of various crabs
    hoedslak, kleefmijn, klever, klit
    mollusk with a low conical shell
    hommer
    flesh of a lobster
    coquilles Saint-Jacques, feston, kalfsoester, sint-jacobsschelp, sint-jakobsschelp
    edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
    rijststomer, stomer, stoompan
    a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
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    zeebanket
    edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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