Meaning Of The Word Krill

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krill
uncountable noun: Krill are animals similar to small shrimps that live in the ocean and are the main food of some whales.

krill in American English
any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small, pelagic, shrimplike malacostracan crustaceans, the main food of baleen whales
noun: any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales

krill in British English
noun: any small shrimplike marine crustacean of the order Euphausiacea: the principal food of whalebone whales

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