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    SALPA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: salpae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each endplay

    Synonyms:

    salp; salpa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("salpa" is a kind of...):

    tunicate; urochord; urochordate (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)

    Holonyms ("salpa" is a member of...):

    genus Salpa (type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae)

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