salpa
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
Origin of salpa
1- 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.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenOn the other hand, each salp of the chain has within it a true egg-cell.
Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work | P. Chalmers MitchellThis stolon is divided into a series of lateral buds after the solitary asexual Salp has begun to lead an independent existence.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) | Francis Maitland Balfour
British Dictionary definitions for salpa
/ (ˈsælpə) /
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
1Derived forms of salpa
- salpiform (ˈsælpɪˌfɔːm), adjective
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