krill

An Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From Dutch kriel ("puny/tiny"), applied to fish fry (in the sense of hatchlings); sometimes interpreted as "whale food".

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