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krill - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

krill (plural krill or 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.¹
• (slang) Crack cocaine.
  • ✤ Instead she wanna hear the beatbox/Take pills and make fake krills as sheetrock²

Etymology

From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹɪl/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

2. 2004, MF DOOM, “Vomitspit”, in MM..FOOD: ↩

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