krill

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/kɹɪl/

Definition of krill

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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. (slang)Crack cocaine.
    “Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”).

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2-letter words

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