euphausiid
/juːˈfɔːzɪɪd/noun
1- Zoology a shrimp-like planktonic marine crustacean of an order which includes krill. Many kinds are luminescent.【动】磷虾。
1.1
- Order Euphausiaceae, subclass Malacostraca.磷虾目, 软甲亚纲。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Euphausia （genus name from Greek eu 'well'+phainein 'to show'+ousia 'substance'）+-ID2 .