NOUN | animal | salpa, salp | minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end |
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Meaning | minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end. | |
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Synonym | salp | |
Member of | genus Salpa | type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae |
Broader | tunicate, urochordate, urochord | Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva |
Spanish | salpa, salpidae | |
Catalan | salpa, sàlpid |
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