Seafood Word Search
This Seafood word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: SALMON, TUNA, SHRIMP, CRAB, LOBSTER, OYSTER, CLAM, MUSSEL, SCALLOP, SARDINE, ANCHOVY, MACKEREL.
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Seafood word list, defined
- SALMON /ˈsæmən/ · noun and adjective
- Salmon names any of various fishes of the salmon family, including species that migrate from the sea into freshwater to spawn. It can also denote a pinkish-orange color or describe something of that color. Related: pink, coral pink.
- TUNA /ˈtuːnə/ · noun
- A large, fast-swimming marine fish, especially a species of the genus Thunnus, many of which migrate long distances and are valued as food. The word can also refer to the flesh of these fish when eaten. Related: tunny.
- SHRIMP /ʃrɪmp/ · noun
- A small marine crustacean with a slender body, long antennae, and a curved tail, widely eaten as food. In culinary contexts, the word can also refer to the flesh of this animal. Related: prawn, krill, scampi, shrimps.
- CRAB /kræb/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, crab is a crustacean with a broad shell, ten legs, and a pair of prominent claws, or the meat of this animal. It can also informally mean a person who is persistently complainful or difficult to please. As a verb, crab means to move sideways, to complain persistently, or to annoy or irritate someone. Related: crustacean, decapod, complain, grumble.
- LOBSTER /ˈlɒbstə(r)/ · noun and informal verb
- A large marine crustacean with a hard, segmented exoskeleton, long antennae, and, in true lobsters, two large front claws. The meat of this animal is also called lobster. Related: langoustine, crayfish, clawfish.
- OYSTER /ˈɔɪstər/ (British); /ˈɔɪstɚ/ (US) · noun
- A large, edible marine bivalve mollusk with a rough, irregular shell, typically eaten raw or cooked and found in oceans, estuaries, and other saltwater habitats. By extension, the word can refer to a person who is reserved, discreet, or difficult to understand. Related: shellfish, bivalve, mollusk.
- CLAM /klæm/ · noun
- A clam is any of various edible burrowing marine or freshwater bivalve mollusks with two shells hinged together, typically eaten as food. Related: bivalve, mollusk, shellfish.
- MUSSEL /ˈmʌsəl/ · noun
- A mollusk with two hinged shells, typically found in coastal waters or freshwater, and often eaten as food. A mussel may attach firmly to rocks, piers, or other surfaces by its byssal threads. Related: mollusk, bivalve.
- SCALLOP /ˈskæləp/ · noun and verb
- A scallop is a marine bivalve mollusk with a fan-shaped, ribbed shell, valued as food. As a verb, it means to fish for scallops or to shape an edge in a series of rounded, shell-like curves. Related: shellfish, mollusk, bivalve, shell.
- SARDINE /sɑːrˈdiːn/ (US); /sɑːˈdiːn/ (UK) · noun
- A small, silvery marine fish of the herring family, commonly eaten fresh, canned, or preserved in oil. The word can also refer more broadly to certain related small fish. Related: pilchard, herring, small fish.
- ANCHOVY /ˈæn.tʃoʊ.vi/ (US); /ˈæn.tʃə.vi/ (UK) · noun
- A small, silvery-green marine fish of the herring family (genus Engraulis), caught in the Mediterranean and elsewhere and usually eaten salted, cured, or packed in oil; also, a piece of this fish prepared as food. Related: sprat, sardine, pilchard, herring.
- MACKEREL /ˈmækərəl/ · noun
- A marine fish of the mackerel family, especially the commercially important Atlantic mackerel. It is also used to refer to the fish as food.
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