Salpa (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural sal·pas, sal·pae [sal-pee]. /ˈsæl pi/.
  1. any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
noun plural -pas or -pae (-piː)
  1. 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)
Salpa (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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