salpa
noun
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
salp
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a variation of
salpa.
Example Sentences
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When it is time to reproduce, a female Phronima bores into the body of a salp, a gelatinous translucent sea animal, and hollows it out into a barrel shape that it inhabits with its young.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
It drifts along, drawing food from seawater, overseeing its brood until they are ready to leave the nest, or barrel, or salp remnant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
