Pronunciation: yü- ' fo ̇ -z ē - ə d
Function: 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
– euphausiid adjective