salpas

Variant of salp

salp definition

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 sal′·pa (sal′pə)

noun pl. salpas -·pas or salpae -·pae (-pē)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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