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K0109000 (krĭl)n. pl. krill The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales.

[Norwegian kril, young fry of fish.]

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(krɪl) n, pl krill (Animals) any small shrimplike marine crustacean of the order Euphausiacea: the principal food of whalebone whales[C20: from Norwegian kril young fish]

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n., pl. krill. any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae. [1905–10; < Norwegian]

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(krĭl) Small crustaceans that float in the ocean in huge numbers and are one of the most important parts of zooplankton. Krill are the main food of baleen whales.

Thesaurus

Noun

krill - shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whalesmalacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceansEuphausiacea, order Euphausiacea - small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krillEuphausia pacifica - food for jellyfish

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see crustaceancrustacean
, primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. The few groups that inhabit terrestrial areas have not been particularly successful in an evolutionary sense; most require
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Krill

commercial name of planktonic marine crustaceans of the orders Euphausiacea (genera Thysanoessa and Euphausia) and Amhipoda (genus Themisto of the order Hyperioidea).

Krill accumulates mainly on the surface of water in the temperate and frigid zones of both hemispheres. It constitutes the food of whales, pinnipeds, pelagic fishes, and birds feeding on plankton. In winter krill sinks to the bottom where it serves as food for benthic fishes. A krill industry producing feed meal, fat, and food pastes has developed in the antarctic.

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[kril] (invertebrate zoology) A name applied to planktonic crustaceans that constitute the diet of many whales, particularly whalebone whales.

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any small shrimplike marine crustacean of the order Euphausiacea: the principal food of whalebone whales

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noun shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans

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