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krill

Pronunciation: /kɹɪl/

The English word “krill” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
  2. Crack cocaine.

Etymology

From Norwegian krill (“fry of fish”).

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