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  • noun zoology Any member of the Euphausidae.

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Examples

  • Twenty species of fish have been recorded in the area, the dominant species is the flatfish Greenland halibut Reinhardtius hippoglossoides which feeds mainly on northern shrimp Pandalus borealis and euphausid crustaceans, also on capelin Mallotus villosus, polar cod Boreogadus saida and eelpouts Lycodes spp.

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

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