ALL meanings of krill
krill
K k - noun plural krill any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales. 1
- noun krill A small shrimplike planktonic crustacean of the open seas. It is eaten by a number of larger animals, notably the baleen whales. 1
- noun krill shrimp-like animal 1
- uncountable noun krill Krill are animals similar to small shrimps that live in the ocean and are the main food of some whales. 0
- noun krill any small shrimplike marine crustacean of the order Euphausiacea: the principal food of whalebone whales 0
- noun krill any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small, pelagic, shrimplike malacostracan crustaceans, the main food of baleen whales 0
- noun krill any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. 0