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krill

krill [ kril ] (plural krill)


noun 
Definition:
 
tiny crustacean: a tiny ocean crustacean resembling a shrimp that is the primary food of baleen whales and other animals that filter their food from seawater. Order Euphausiacea.

[Early 20th century. < Norwegian kril 'small fry of fish']
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