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.

Origin of salpa

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

Also salp [salp]. /sælp/.

Other words from salpa

sal·pi·form [sal-puh-fawrm], /ˈsæl pəˌfɔrm/, adjective

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How to use salpa in a sentence

Maury has described certain amphipod crustaceans which also inhabit the Salp.
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On the other hand, each salp of the chain has within it a true egg-cell.
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This stolon is divided into a series of lateral buds after the solitary asexual Salp has begun to lead an independent existence.
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British Dictionary definitions for salpa

salpa

/ (ˈsælpə) /

nounplural -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)

Origin of salpa

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

Derived forms of salpa

salpiform (ˈsælpɪˌfɔːm), adjective

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