krill
Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea…Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
» Tiny animals such as krill eat plankton.
Winzige Tierchen wie Krill fressen Plankton.
Meaning
2 sensesAny of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
Krill
крильkrilʹ
(slang)Crack cocaine.
- shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
Examples
7 sentencesTiny animals such as krill eat plankton.
deWinzige Tierchen wie Krill fressen Plankton. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Harvesting finfish and krill are potential sources of income.
Fish and even whales and seals feed on the krill.
ruРыбы и даже киты и дельфины питаются крилем. — Wezel
deFische und sogar Wale und Robben ernähren sich vom Krill. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
In some parts of the ocean, krill populations have dropped by over 80 percent.
Krill like to breed in really cold water near sea ice.
Translations
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Origin
From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).
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Forms
plural: krill / krillsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular