Krill vs. Shrimp

Krillnoun

any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Krillnoun

shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

Krill

Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, and are found in all the world's oceans. The name comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning , which is also often attributed to species of fish.

Shrimpnoun

Any of many swimming, often edible crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.

Shrimpnoun

(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.

Shrimpnoun

(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.

Shrimpverb

(intransitive) To fish for shrimp.

Shrimpverb

To contract; to shrink.

Shrimpverb

To contract; to shrink.

Shrimpnoun

Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.

Shrimpnoun

Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; - in contempt.

Shrimpnoun

disparaging terms for small people

Shrimpnoun

any of various edible decapod crustaceans

Shrimpnoun

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

Shrimpverb

fish for shrimp

Shrimp

Shrimp are decapod crustaceans with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. More narrow definitions may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group or to only the marine species.