Definitions for krillkrɪl
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
krillkrɪl(n.)(pl.)krill.
any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae.
Category: Invertebrates
Origin of krill:
1905–10; < Norw
Princeton's WordNet
krill(noun)
shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
Wiktionary
krill(Noun)
any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca
Note: Among the most important species are the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba, and the Northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
Origin: From kriel, applied to fish fry (in the sense of hatchlings); sometimes interpreted as "whale food".
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