EUPHAUSIID


Meaning of EUPHAUSIID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ yü-ˈfȯ-zē-əd ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.