Krill

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Origin

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

Full definition of krill

Noun

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

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