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salpas

Variant of 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

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