单词 | euphausiacean |
释义 | euphausiaceann. A member of the order Euphausiacea of shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of Euphausiacea krill1907 euphausiacean1956 1909 W. T. Calman in R. Lankester Treat. Zool. VII. 245 Order Euphausiacea... The phosphorescence of certain Euphausians was first observed by J. V. Thompson. 1956 A. C. Hardy Open Sea ix. 171 The Euphausiaceans..have..a wonderful set of luminous organs. 1965 New Scientist 1 July 41/1 The euphausiaceans..are characterized by possessing well developed light-producing organs. Derivatives euˈphausian n. a member of the genus Euphausia of crustaceans; loosely, a euphausiacean. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of Euphausiacea > member of family Euphausiidae > member of genus Euphausia euphausian1924 1924 W. M. Tattersall in Brit. Antarctic (Terra Nova) Exped. (Zool.) VIII. 1 The Euphausians in this collection were provided entirely by the tow nettings and other plankton gatherings. 1950 J. S. Colman Sea & its Mysteries v. 106 The animals that make up the krill belong to the group of crustacea known as Euphausians. euphausid adj. ΚΠ 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea xviii. 265 The Euphausid larva. euˈphausid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > member of Euphausiacea > member of family Euphausiidae euphausid1934 1934 Geogr. Jrnl. 84 126 Thousands of the Euphausid, Thyanoessa inermis. 1959 H. Barnes Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 93 Planktonic organisms, such as the shrimp-like Euphausids, are responsible for this deep scattering layer. 1968 New Scientist 24 Oct. 205/1 Whales feed on krill, composed largely of planktonic, relatively large, shrimp-like creatures known as euphausids. euˈphausidian adj. ΚΠ 1885 G. O. Sars in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. XIII. 63 In regard to the capture of Euphausidians..scarcely a single haul failing to yield some of the forms comprised in this group. euˈphausiid n. a member of the family Euphausiidæ. ΚΠ 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Euphausiid. 1928 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas v. 117 Euphausiids..are about an inch and a half in length, but are so abundant that they form a large part of the food of many of the northern fishes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1885 |
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