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krill
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun krill has 1 sense
- krill(n = noun.animal) Array - shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales; Array is a kind of malacostracan crustacean
is a member of euphausiacea, order euphausiacea
has particulars: euphausia pacifica
OXFORD DICTIONARY
krill, n. tiny planktonic crustaceans found in the seas around the Antarctic and eaten by baleen whales.
Etymology
Norw. kril tiny fish
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