Meanings
krill1
nounkrill (plural krill or krills)
plural krills
- 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 - slangCrack cocaine.
Instead she wanna hear the beatbox / Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock
2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD
Krill2
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian крил
- крил (kril)small marine crustacean
Chinese Mandarin 磷蝦 /磷虾
- 磷蝦 /磷虾 (línxiā)small marine crustacean
Danish krill
- krillsmall marine crustacean
Dutch krill
- krillsmall marine crustacean
Finnish krilli
- krillismall marine crustacean
German Krill
- Krillsmall marine crustacean
Greek κριλ
- κριλ (kril)small marine crustacean
Hungarian krill, világítórák
- krillsmall marine crustacean
- világítóráksmall marine crustacean
Icelandic ljósáta, kríli
- ljósátasmall marine crustacean
- krílismall marine crustacean
Indonesian geragau, udang geragau
- geragausmall marine crustacean
- udang geragausmall marine crustacean
Irish crill
- crillsmall marine crustacean
Japanese 沖醤蝦, オキアミ
- 沖醤蝦 (okiami)small marine crustacean
- オキアミ (okiami)small marine crustacean
Māori kōura rangi, kōurariki
- kōura rangismall marine crustacean
- kōurarikismall marine crustacean
- uraurasmall marine crustacean
Norwegian Bokmål krill
- krillsmall marine crustacean
Polish kryl
- krylsmall marine crustacean
Portuguese krill
- krillsmall marine crustacean
Russian криль
- криль (krilʹ)small marine crustacean
Spanish kril
- krilsmall marine crustacean
Swedish lysräka, lyskräfta
- lysräkasmall marine crustacean
- lyskräftasmall marine crustacean
- krillsmall marine crustacean
Thai เคย
- เคย (kəəi)small marine crustacean
Welsh cril
- crilsmall marine crustacean
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with krill
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
krill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krill
MLA
“krill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krill. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “krill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/krill.
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