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salp

Pronunciation: /salp/
Definition of salp

noun

  • a free-swimming marine invertebrate related to the sea squirts, with a transparent barrel-shaped body.
    • Several genera in the class Thaliacea, subphylum Urochordata

Origin:

mid 19th century: from French salpe, based on Greek salpē 'fish'

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