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krill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɹɪl/

Etymology

From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).

Meanings

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 sheetrock 2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD:

Forms

Deriveds

northern krill · Antarctic krill

Translations (33)

nn kril (small marine crustacean) · da krill (small marine crustacean) · ru криль (small marine crustacean) · nv táłtłʼááh chʼoshchilí (small marine crustacean) · hu krill (small marine crustacean) · id udang geragau (small marine crustacean) · nb krill (small marine crustacean) · sv lyskräfta (small marine crustacean) · hu világítórák (small marine crustacean) · sv krill (small marine crustacean) · bg крил (small marine crustacean) · mi uraura (small marine crustacean) · sl kril (small marine crustacean) · el κριλ (small marine crustacean) · de Krill (small marine crustacean) · es kril (small marine crustacean) · id geragau (small marine crustacean) · ja オキアミ (small marine crustacean) · fi krilli (small marine crustacean) · th เคย (small marine crustacean) · is kríli (small marine crustacean) · pl kryl (small marine crustacean) · mi kōura rangi (small marine crustacean) · ga crill (small marine crustacean) · cmn 磷蝦 /磷虾 (small marine crustacean) · nl krill (small marine crustacean) · sv lysräka (small marine crustacean) · kl illeraq (small marine crustacean) · ja 沖醤蝦 (small marine crustacean) · mi kōurariki (small marine crustacean) · is ljósáta (small marine crustacean) · pt krill (small marine crustacean) · cy cril (small marine crustacean)