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Krill

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

Word Usage

"Their definition of forage fish includes fishes, squids, and the shrimp-like crustaceans called krill that swarm in cold waters where they feed everything from seabirds to whales."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

malacostracan crustacean

Hyponym

euphausia pacifica

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bastille Belleville Bill Brazil Brill Gil Gill Hill Jill Lil

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

squid plankton filter-fish kelp amoebae parmigiana puncheon fakery merchantability lant