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salpa
[ sal-puh ]
noun
, plural sal·pas, sal·pae [sal, -pee].
- any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
salpa
/ ˈsælpə; ˈsælpɪˌfɔːm /
noun
- any of various minute floating animals of the genus Salpa, of warm oceans, having a transparent barrel-shaped body with openings at either end: class Thaliacea, subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
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Derived Forms
- salpiform, adjective
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Other Words From
- sal·pi·form [sal, -p, uh, -fawrm], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salpa1
1510–20; < New Latin, special use of Latin salpa < Greek sálpē kind of fish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salpa1
C19: from New Latin, from Latin: variety of stockfish, from Greek salpē
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Example Sentences
Salpa, sal′pa, n. a remarkable genus of free-swimming Tunicates.
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In order to move itself, the Salpa has recourse to a singular artifice.
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The stolon, like that in Salpa, contains a prolongation of the branchial sack.
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Perhaps Salpa is the nearest animal, although the transparency of the body is nearly the only character they have in common.
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The genus Salpa forms another interesting group of Tunicata.
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