salpa

[sal-puh]

noun, plural sal·pas, sal·pae

[sal-pee] /ˈsæl pi/.

any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.

Also salp

[salp] /sælp/.

Origin of salpa

1510–20; < New Latin, special use of Latin salpa < Greek sálpē kind of fish

Related formssal·pi·form

[sal-puh-fawrm] /ˈsæl pəˌfɔrm/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for salp

Historical Examples of salp

Maury has described certain amphipod crustaceans which also inhabit the Salp.
Animal Parasites and Messmates
P. J. Van Beneden

British Dictionary definitions for salp

salpa

noun plural -pas or -pae (-piː)

any of various minute floating animals of the genus Salpa, of warm oceans, having a transparent barrel-shaped body with openings at either end: class Thaliacea, subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)

Derived Formssalpiform (ˈsælpɪˌfɔːm), adjective

Word Origin for salpa

C19: from New Latin, from Latin: variety of stockfish, from Greek salpē

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