EUPHAUSIID


Meaning of EUPHAUSIID in English

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

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