- genus Salpa
- nountype (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae• Hypernyms: ↑chordate genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Salpidae, ↑family Salpidae
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genus Salpa
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salpa — salpiform /sal peuh fawrm /, adj. /sal peuh/, n., pl. salpas, salpae / pee/. any free swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body. Also, salp /salp/. [1510 20; < NL, special use of L salpa < Gk… … Universalium
salpa — /ˈsælpə/ (say salpuh) noun any of the pelagic oceanic tunicates constituting the genus Salpa, common in warm regions, and having a transparent, more or less fusiform body; sometimes colonial. Also, salp. {New Latin, special use of Latin salpa… …
salpa — noun minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end • Syn: ↑salp • Hypernyms: ↑tunicate, ↑urochordate, ↑urochord • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Salpa … Useful english dictionary
Salpa — Sal pa (s[a^]l p[.a]), n.; pl. L. {Salp[ae]} (s[a^]l p[=e]), E. {Salpas} (s[a^]l p[.a]z). [NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salpa — Sculpin Scul pin, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chordate genus — noun any genus in the phylum Chordata • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Amphioxus, ↑genus Salpa, ↑genus Doliolum, ↑genus Appendicularia • Member Holonyms: ↑Chordata … Useful english dictionary
Salp — Taxobox name = Salpida image width = 250px image caption = This image is the lobate ctenophore Leucothea pulchra and should be moved to Ctenophora. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Urochordata classis = Thaliacea ordo = Salpida… … Wikipedia
Salpidae — noun a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea • Syn: ↑family Salpidae • Hypernyms: ↑chordate family • Member Holonyms: ↑Thaliacea, ↑class Thaliacea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
salp — [salp] n. pl. salp or salps 〚ModL < L, kind of stockfish < Gr salpē〛 any of an order (Salpida, class Thaliacea) of free swimming tunicates characterized by a barrel shaped body ringed with muscle and open at both ends: also called salpa [sal′pə]… … Universalium
salp — noun Any of a group of free swimming tunicates of the genus Salpa Syn: salpa … Wiktionary
