order Euphausiacea

order Euphausiacea
noun
small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
Syn: ↑Euphausiacea
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca
Member Meronyms: ↑krill, ↑Euphausia pacifica

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