salp

(salp)

noun pl. salp or salps

any of an order (Salpida, class Thaliacea) of free-swimming tunicates characterized by a barrel-shaped body ringed with muscle and open at both ends

also called salpa

noun pl. salpas or salpae

Origin: ModL < L, kind of stockfish < Gr salpē

See salp in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various free-swimming tunicates of the genus Salpa, of warm seas, having a translucent, somewhat flattened, keglike body.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Salpa, genus name

Origin: , from Latin, a kind of stockfish

Origin: , from Greek salpē

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