HyperDic: salp

English > 1 sense of the word salp:
NOUNanimalsalp, salpaminute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
English > salp: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningminute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
Synonymsalpa
Member ofgenus Salpatype (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae
Broadertunicate, urochordate, urochordPrimitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva
Spanishsalpa, salpidae
Catalansalpa, sàlpid

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