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
Words Nearby salpa
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How to use salpa in a sentence
salpa, sal′pa, n. a remarkable genus of free-swimming Tunicates.
In order to move itself, the salpa has recourse to a singular artifice.
The Ocean World: | Louis FiguierThe stolon, like that in salpa, contains a prolongation of the branchial sack.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) | Francis Maitland BalfourPerhaps 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 DarwinThe genus salpa forms another interesting group of Tunicata.
The Ocean World: | Louis Figuier
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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