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euphausiid (iou)



euphausiid noun & adjective. . L19.
[from mod. Latin Euphausia genus name, from Greek EU- + phainein to show + ousia substance: see -ID3.]
(Of, pertaining to, or designating) any of a group of marine shrimplike, planktonic, mostly luminescent, malacostracan crustaceans that includes krill.
euphausiacean noun a member of the order or suborder Euphausiaceae of euphausiids M20.