Kinguk • Northern Krill Kinguk - Northern Krill

Invertebrate - Meganyctiphanes norvegica

Northern Krill lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and is an important component of the zooplankton, providing food for whales, fish and birds.

Photo Credit: Northern krill by Uwe Kils, (n.d.). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meganyctiphanes_norvegica.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.

English

Term Dialect
Northern Krill Standard English

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Kinguk Nunavimmiutitut - Sanikiluarmiut, South Qikiqtaaluk, North Qikiqtaaluk, Aivilingmiutut, Kivallirmiutut, Nattilingmiutut
Kinguq Inuinnaqtun

Inupiaq

Term Dialect
Igliġ(i)aq North Alaskan Iñupiaq

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