Krill

//kɹɪl// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

    "“This science relates to krill and krill ecosystems, whale acoustic monitoring and Southern Ocean ecosystems,” the spokesperson said."

  2. 2
    shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales wordnet
  3. 3
    Crack cocaine. slang

    "Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
crack cocaine

Example

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"Tiny animals such as krill eat plankton."

Etymology

From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”).

Related phrases

Antarctic krillnorthern krill

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