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krill

/kɹɪl/

krill noun: any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

krill: any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class...
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Noun

krill (plural krill or krills)

  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.2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian
  2. (slang) Crack cocaine.
    • Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD

Proper noun capitalized: Krill

Krill (plural Krills)

  1. A surname.

krill meaning in Tamil, Assamese, Indonesian and Thai

krill in Tamil

கூனிப்பொடிகள்

krill in Assamese

krill
নিচলা মাছ nisola mas, মিছা মাছ misa mas

krill in Indonesian

small marine crustacean
geragau, udang geragau

krill in Thai

small marine crustacean
เคย kəəi

Forms of krill

Noun
pluralkrill
pluralkrills
Proper noun
pluralKrills

Plural of krill: krill or krills

Origin of krill

From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).

Words formed from krill

  • Antarctic krill
  • northern krill

Words that rhyme with krill

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Questions about krill

What does krill mean?
Krill means any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
What is krill in Tamil?
Krill in Tamil is கூனிப்பொடிகள். See Krill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is krill?
Krill can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce krill?
Krill is pronounced /kɹɪl/.
What is the plural of krill?
The plural of krill is krill.

Words near krill in the dictionary

  1. kriges
  2. krigia
  3. krigias
  4. kriging
  5. Krikorian
  6. krill
  7. krills
  8. krim-saghyz
  9. krimmer
  10. krimmers
  11. Krimml

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: krill (page history and authors); Krill (page history and authors); krill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নিচলা মাছ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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