euphausiid
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euphausiid — [yo͞o΄fə yo͞o′sid΄yo͞o΄fə yo͞o′sē id΄] n. 〚< ModL Euphausia, name of the genus < Gr eu (see EU ) + ? pha(inein), to show (see PHANE) + ousia, substance (see HOMOIOUSIAN … Universalium
euphausiid — [yo͞o΄fə yo͞o′sid΄yo͞o΄fə yo͞o′sē id΄] n. [< ModL Euphausia, name of the genus < Gr eu (see EU ) + ? pha(inein), to show (see PHANE) + ousia, substance (see HOMOIOUSIAN) + ID] KRILL: also euphausid [yo͞o΄fə yo͞o′sid΄] … English World dictionary
euphausiid — noun Etymology: New Latin Euphausia, genus of crustaceans Date: 1885 any of an order (Euphausiacea) of small usually luminescent malacostracan crustaceans that resemble shrimps and in some areas form an important element in marine plankton •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
euphausiid — eu·phau·si·id … English syllables
euphausiid — adjective or noun see euphausiacea … Useful english dictionary
Krill — Euphausiacea A northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Pacific ocean perch — Taxobox name = Pacific ocean perch image width = 250px image caption = Adult S. alutus in the Gulf of Alaska regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Scorpaeniformes familia = Sebastidae genus = Sebastes species = S.… … Wikipedia
Pygmy Right Whale — Taxobox name = Pygmy Right Whale status = DD | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2008 assessors=Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J., Donovan, G.P., Urbán, J … Wikipedia
Metanauplius — A pseudometanauplius of the krill species Nematoscelis difficilis hatches using the push off hatching technique Metanauplius is an early larval stage of some crustaceans such as krill. It follows the nauplius stage. In sac spawning krill,[Note 1] … Wikipedia
Northern krill — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
