Krill definitions

Krill

1) Crustaceans eaten by whales 2) Edible crustacean 3) Food filtered from seawater 4) Food for whales 5) Humpback chow 6) Malacostraca 7) Malacostracan crustacean 8) Moby Dick s diet 9) Narwhal s nosh 10) Shrimplike critters 11) Shrimplike crustacean 12) Shrimplike whale fare 13) Small marine crustaceans
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Krill

Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, and are found in all the world`s oceans. The name krill comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning `young fry of fish`, which is also often attributed to other species of fish. Krill are considered an important trophic level connection – near the bottom of the food chain – because the......
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Krill

Tiny, shrimp like crustaceans, of the family Euphausiidae, that form an essential part of the marine food chain.
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krill

any member of the crustacean suborder Euphausiacea or of the genus Euphausia within that suborder. The name is sometimes also used to refer to ... [8 related articles]
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Krill

small crustaceans, similar to shrimp, that make up a very large amount of the biomass in the oceans and are a very important part of marine food webs. Krill are found in huge masses in polar waters and are the main food for baleen whales.
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krill

Collection of small marine crustaceans that is the principal food of humpback whales.
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Krill

Shrimplike crustaceans occurring in huge numbers in the open seas, and eaten by baleen whales.
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Krill

Small abundant crustaceans that form an important part of the food chain in Antarctic waters.
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Krill

Shrimplike crustaceans occuring in huge numbers in open seas, and eaten by baleen whales.
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Krill

small abundant crustaceans that form an important part of the food chain in Antarctic waters
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Krill

Krill is a crustacean of the sub-class Malacostraca.
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krill

[n] - shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans
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krill

noun shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
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krill

Any of several Antarctic crustaceans, the most common species being Euphausia superba. Similar to a shrimp, it is up to 5 cm/2 in long, with two antennae, five pairs of legs, seven pairs of light organs along the body, and is coloured orange above and green beneath. It is the most abundant animal, numbering perhaps 600 trilli...
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krill

shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; an abundant and major food source for Antarctic animals such as whales, fish, and penguins.
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Krill

Tiny, shrimp-like animals that are the main food of many whales and marine animals.
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Krill

Marine plankton of the Order Euphausiacea.
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Krill

Krill are small shrimp-like animals that live in cold polar seas. They are a whale’s favourite food and an adult blue whale can eat up to 3600 kilogram of krill a day!
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Krill

Small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form the major food of many baleen whales. There are more than 80 species.
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krill

any of the small, pelagic, shrimplike crustaceans of the family Euphausiidae, eaten as food by certain whales.
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