单词 | antarctic krill |
释义 | > as lemmasAntarctic krill Antarctic krill n. a species of krill, Euphausia superba, found in the Antarctic Ocean, which is a primary food source for baleen whales and many other animals and is fished commercially. ΚΠ 1937 Sci. Monthly July 26/2 (caption) The Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba. 1990 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 40/1 The Antarctic krill support the base of a pyramidal food chain with the great blue whales perching precariously on the top. 2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 63 The shrimp-like Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba ) is a 6cm-long planktonic crustacean that occurs in sometimes enormous swarms south of the Antarctic Convergence. < as lemmas |
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