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krills

krills is the plural of krill.

Meaning of krill

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Krills

Krills

  1. (plural) plural of Krill

Questions about krills

What is krills the plural of?
Krills is the plural of krill.
What part of speech is krills?
Krills is a proper noun.

Words near krills in the dictionary

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

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