Salpa

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The typical genus of Salpidæ.
  • noun. [lowercase; pl. salpæ (-pē).] A species of this genus; a salp.
  • noun. A kind of stockfish.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
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  • noun. salp
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  • noun. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
    • Word Usage
    "A new scientific study in the journal Clinical Toxicology reports on two men who suffered long, bad trips after eating Sarpa salpa fish in Mediterranean restaurants."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tunicate  urochord  urochordate  
    variant
    salpae  
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