salpa

[ sal-puh ]

/ ˈsæl pə /

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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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How to use salpa in a sentence

Salpa, sal′pa, n. a remarkable genus of free-swimming Tunicates.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
In order to move itself, the Salpa has recourse to a singular artifice.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
The stolon, like that in Salpa, contains a prolongation of the branchial sack.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
Perhaps Salpa is the nearest animal, although the transparency of the body is nearly the only character they have in common.
More Letters of Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin

The genus Salpa forms another interesting group of Tunicata.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for salpa

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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