salpa

[ sal-puh ]

/ ˈsæl pə /

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.

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Also salp

[salp] /sælp/.

Origin of salpa

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

OTHER WORDS FROM salpa

sal·pi·form

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

Words nearby salpa

saloon keeper, saloop, salop, salopettes, salopian, salpa, salpicon, salpiglossis, salpingectomy, salpingemphraxis, salpingian

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Example sentences from the Web for 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

/ (ˈsælpə) /

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 forms of salpa

salpiform (ˈsælpɪˌfɔːm), adjective

Word Origin for salpa

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

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