salp

S0045600 (sălp) also sal·pa (săl′pə)n. Any of various pelagic tunicates of the order Salpida, having a translucent, somewhat flattened, barrel-shaped body.

[From New Latin Salpa, genus name, from Latin, a kind of stockfish, from Greek salpē.]

salp

(sælp)

also sal•pa

(ˈsæl pə)

n., pl. salps also sal•pas, sal•pae (ˈsæl pi) any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the order Salpida, having a transparent, barrel-shaped body. [1510–20; < New Latin Salpa genus name; Latin salpa a kind of saltwater fish < Greek sálpē]

Thesaurus

Noun

salp - minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each endsalpatunicate, urochord, urochordate - primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larvagenus Salpa - type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae

salp

salp:

see tunicatetunicate
, marine animal of the phylum Chordata, which also includes the vertebrates. The adult form of most tunicates (also called urochordates) shows no resemblance to vertebrate animals, but such a resemblance is evident in the larva.
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salp

a free-living planktonic TUNICATE with no larval stage. The nervous system is degenerate and the gill clefts lack longitudinal bars.

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salp

noun

Synonyms for salp

noun minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

Synonyms

salpa

Related Words

tunicate
urochord
urochordate
genus Salpa

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