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1 shellfish
plural - shellfish; noun (any of several kinds of sea animal covered with a shell (eg oyster, crab).) lupinar -
2 shell
[ʃel] 1. noun1) (the hard outer covering of a shellfish, egg, nut etc: an eggshell; A tortoise can pull its head and legs under its shell.) lupina2) (an outer covering or framework: After the fire, all that was left was the burned-out shell of the building.) ogrodje3) (a metal case filled with explosives and fired from a gun etc: A shell exploded right beside him.) granata2. verb1) (to remove from its shell or pod: You have to shell peas before eating them.) oluščiti2) (to fire explosive shells at: The army shelled the enemy mercilessly.) bombardirati•- come out of one's shell
- shell out* * *I [šel]nounlupina (jajca, oreha, sadja, živali), skorja, luščina, strok; želvin oklep, polževa hišica, školjka, pokrovka krila pri žuželkah; notranja (svinčena) krsta; nedokončana hiša (ladja), ogrodje; military topovska granata, mina (metalca min), American naboj; raketa; tulec (izstrelka); lahek tekmovalni čoln; figuratively zadržanost, zaprtost, odljudnost; figuratively zunanjost, zunanja podoba, zunanji sijaj; poetically music lirain the shell — še neizvaljen, še v razvojuheavy shell military težka granatato come out of one's shell figuratively osvoboditi se odljudnosti, postati bolj družaben (manj plašen, rezerviran, samotarski)to retire into one's shell — zapreti se vase, umolknitiII [šel]transitive verb(o)lupiti, (o)luščiti, odstraniti lupino, skorjo; prekriti s školjkami, z oklepom, z lupino; military bombardirati, obsipati z izstrelki (granatami, minami)to shell nuts — tolči, treti orehe; intransitive verb izpasti (o semenu) -
3 barnacle
(a kind of small shellfish that sticks to rocks and the bottoms of ships.) rakec vitičnjak; lopar* * *[bá:nəkl]nounzoology lopar; arktična gos; klešče (kot mučilno orodje); slang plural ščipalnik, nanosnik; figuratively človek, ki noče oditi; colloquially star izkušen mornar -
4 clam
[klæm](a shellfish with two shells joined together, used as food.) školjka* * *I [klæm]nounužitna školjka; American molčeči človekas happy as a clam (at high tide) — ves srečen, blažen, zadovoljenvulgar shut your clam! — zapri gobec!II [klæm]intransitive verbnabirati školjke; prilepiti se; American obmolknitiIII [klæm]see clamp1 -
5 crayfish
['kreifiʃ](a type of edible shellfish.) (sladkovodni) rak* * *[kréifiš]nounzoology sladkovodni rak; jastog -
6 limpet
['limpit](a type of small, cone-shaped shellfish that fastens itself very firmly to rocks.) prilepek* * *[límpit]nounzoology prilepek (morski polž); figuratively klop (člrvek)nautical limpet mine — mina, pritrjena na dno ladje -
7 lobster
['lobstə](a type of shellfish with large claws.) jastog* * *[lɔbstə]nounzoology jastog; archaic slang angleški vojak (v rdeči uniformi) -
8 mussel
(a variety of edible shellfish with a shell in two parts.) klapavica* * *[məsl]nounzoology užitna školjka, dagnja -
9 oyster
['oistə](a type of shellfish eaten as food, and from which pearls are got.) ostriga* * *[ɔistə]nounzoology ostriga; kos mesa školjkaste oblike pri perutnini (na hrbtu)figuratively he thinks the world is his oyster — misli, da je vse njegovo -
10 pearl
[pə:l](a valuable, hard, round object formed by oysters and several other shellfish: The necklace consists of three strings of pearls; ( also adjective) a pearl necklace.) biser; biseren- pearly- pearl-diver
- pearl-fisher* * *I [pə:l]nounbiser, biserovina; rosna kaplja, solza; pharmacology kroglica (zdravila); modrikasta svetlo siva barva; printing perl (stopnja tiskarskih črk)II [pə:l]1.intransitive verbtvoriti bisere; bleščati, sijati kot biser; kapljati; iskati bisere;2.transitive verbkrasiti z biseri; orositi -
11 prawn
[pro:n](a type of edible shellfish like the shrimp.) kozica (rakec)* * *[prɔ:n]1.nounzoologyjamska kozica (rak);2.transitive verbloviti kozice -
12 scallop
['skoləp](an edible shellfish that has a pair of hinged, fan-shaped shells.) pokrovača (školjka)* * *[skɔləp]1.nounzoologypokrovača (školjka); skledica, plitva ponev; valovit izrez na robu vrednostnih papirjev; plural nazaobčani rob obleke ipd.;2.transitive verbnazobčati rob obleke; izrezljati, valovito izrezati; pripraviti jed v ponvi -
13 shrimp
[ʃrimp]1) (a kind of small long-tailed shellfish.) kozica (rakec)2) (an unkind word for a small person.) pritlikavec* * *[šrimp]1.nounzoologymorski rakec, garnela; figuratively pritlikavček, človeček, otrok; (redko) majhna stvar, malenkost;2.intransitive verbloviti morske rakce -
14 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) izvlečiII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) breženka* * *[wiŋkl]1.nounzoologymorski užiten polž;2.transitive verb to winkle out — izvleči -
15 seafood
noun (fish, especially shellfish.) morska hrana
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