SALPA


Meaning of SALPA in English

— salpiform /sal"peuh fawrm'/ , adj.

/sal"peuh/ , n. , pl. salpas, salpae /-pee/ .

any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.

Also, salp /salp/ .

[ 1510-20; salpa sálpe kind of fish ]

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