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Definition of: salp
(salp) noun
Any of a class (Thaliacea) of small, free-swimming, cylindrical tunicates, often having transparent bodies ringed with bands of muscle. Also sal·pa (sal′pə) plural ·pae or ·pas. [<NL <L <Gk. salpē a kind of sea fish]
—sal′pi·form adjective
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