EUPHAUSIACEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Euphausiacea mean?
• EUPHAUSIACEA (noun)
The noun EUPHAUSIACEA has 1 sense:
1. small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
Familiarity information: EUPHAUSIACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EUPHAUSIACEA (noun)
Meaning:
Small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Euphausiacea; order Euphausiacea
Hypernyms ("Euphausiacea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Euphausiacea"):
krill (shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales)
Euphausia pacifica (food for jellyfish)
Holonyms ("Euphausiacea" is a member of...):
Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)